Russell W. Dickson

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Russell W. Dickson, lives in upstate NY, and is a Freelance journalist. He has written for both print and online news/opinion pages.Russell holds a B.A. in English, minor Journalism from The University at Albany, Albany, NY. His writing experience spans more than a decade and his work has graced the pages of newspapers, magazines, online news orgs, and political websites in both the U.S. and abroad.

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Sangria, Empanadas… and a Curse? One of New York’s Hottest Summer Festivals Has It All

Summer in New York is made for unforgettable experiences, and few promise to deliver like the Sangria & Empanada Latin Experience.

Raised by the Streets: Growing Up Hardcore in New York’s Lost Generation

Russell W. Dickson recalls New York Hardcore, Gen X bonfires, clubs, mosh pits and subway rides before social media.

Hudson Valley Mac & Cheese Festival Marks 10 Cheesy Years of Flavor and Fun

The Hudson Valley Mac & Cheese Festival is celebrating a major milestone this year—its 10th anniversary—with its biggest, boldest, and most indulgent event yet.

America’s Aging Crisis: Are We Failing the Very People Who Built This Country?

America has an aging crisis, it appears to be failing the people who really built this country over the past 6 decades.

Ozzy Osbourne: A Final Encore for the Prince of Darkness

The world grew a little quieter with the passing of Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary "Prince of Darkness" whose voice and spirit electrified generations. To millions...

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The Debt Collector’s AI Voice Agent: How Synthetic-Voice Dunning Calls Are Colliding With Decades-Old Consumer Protection Rules

Most consumers assume the friendly voice on a collection call belongs to a person following a script. It is often a script following a person. A synthetic voice, cloned or generated by an AI agent, working a call list on behalf of a collect

The Black Box in the Crossover: What Vehicle Event Data Recorders Capture in the Seconds Before a Fatal Pedestrian Crash

A pedestrian killed by a crossover has, on average, about 20 seconds of the driver's inputs sitting inside the car that hit them. Throttle position. Brake pressure. Steering angle. Whether the seat belt was buckled and whether stability con

When the CFO Leaves: How Growing Companies Keep the Books on Track

Most owners assume a CFO exit is mainly an HR headache. Post the job, run the search, backfill the seat. The seat is the easy part. What breaks first is the reporting cadence: the month-end close nobody owns, the covenant calculation that u

Frontline Supervisors Are Sinking Your Safety Program. Here’s the Fix

A single recordable injury can cost an employer tens of thousands of dollars before the lost-productivity ripple even begins, and most of those incidents trace back to a decision a frontline supervisor made, missed, or waved through, rather than to anything the safety director or the C-suite did or failed to do. The shift lead, […]
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