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Syracuse’s refugee resettlement agencies say they’re ready to take in evacuees from Afghanistan who make their way here after escaping the grip of the Taliban. A pair of deadly explosions at and near the airport in Kabul today made the situation that much more dire.

Interfaith Works of Central New York is preparing for a return to a more open-minded approach to refugee resettlement under the incoming Biden…

African-American men marched united on the streets of Syracuse Saturday for the Suited Up for Solidarity march, organized by Black Men United and…

Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh says the city will move forward to remove the Columbus statue and other parts of the monument in Columbus Circle to a private…

Organizations in Syracuse already scrambling to find safe ways to reach hard-to-count populations for the census because of the pandemic now have one…

Resettlement agencies in Syracuse continue to adjust to the significant drop in refugees nearly three years after president Trump’s executive orders…

Two growing populations in Central New York, new Americans and the elderly, are also typically undercounted in the census. The amount of federal dollars…

There is growing concern over the issue of loneliness and isolation among older Central New Yorkers living in nursing homes or other senior living…

Central New Yorkers of many faiths and cultures will gather Monday evening to celebrate their diversity as part of a single community. The Syracuse…

Several hundred people are expected to turn out Monday evening for an event aimed at bringing together people of many faiths. WAER News caught up with one…