Black Lives Matter to Lehigh Valley issues statement on Allentown police use of force incident
by (Update: The protest mentioned in this article was previously scheduled for Wednesday but will now take place Monday, July 13.) A local chapter of the …
Video shows police officer using knee-on-neck technique on man in Allentown
(Updates: Allentown Police Department release full footage of incident and an official statement.) (See photos from July 13 Black Lives Matter protest in response to …
NCC graduate profile: Lily Adefila, aspiring software applications developer
by “My passion for problem solving is a driver for me,” said Lily Adefila. She even taught herself coding. This passion and her desire to give …
NCC President Mark Erickson on overcoming systemic racism: A journey that begins within
“In the moment we’re in right now, I think it’s incredibly important to say out loud and mean it, Black lives matter,” said Northampton Community …
Respecting COVID-19: Considerations for reopening
In a recent interview with The Commuter, Northampton Community College President Mark Erickson said that NCC will be reopening to some degree in the fall …
Times of pandemic: I can’t understand
by “The knowledge and experience of goodhearted doctors and nurses is not enough to prevent them from becoming as fragile as the most fragile of their patients and as dead as their dead patients.”
Safety at Northampton Community College
Editor’s note: This article contains an annual crime report and mention of violent crimes. To comply with the Clery Act, Northampton Community College has released …
Fake news: Do not let them fool you
“Fake news” is defined as the intentional spread of misleading or false information. By mid-2016, Craig Silverman, who now works at BuzzFeed News, used the …
Cities Raising Minimum Wage
by Pennsylvania is stuck on the embarrassingly low minimum wage of $7.25 per hour– the same as the federal minimum wage – and it has been …
Juneteenth Celebration Friday June 26 In Allentown
Editor’s note: This event has been rescheduled for June 26 due to rain in the forecast. Resurrected Life Community Church in Allentown will hold their …
What I Was Going To Say…
Editor’s note: The event promoted at the end of the article has been postponed to June 27 due to forecast of rain. “TRANS RIGHTS UNDER …
Boogaloo: Where AR-15 Meets Aloha
Hawaiian Aloha shirts used to be associated unequivocally with relaxing times and even with love and peace. No longer. In recent months a unique group …