Letter: Town Government Not Doing Enough To Address The Challenges Of Student Housing
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Community Resources Committee on October 24, 2022....
Year: 2022
Letter: Councilors Hanneke And Griesemer Need To Reflect On Their Role In Upholding White Supremacy
On Monday October 17, certain members of the Amherst Town Council showed us what white...
Letter: Police Report On July 5 Interaction With BIPOC Youth Omits And Distorts Facts
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on October 22, 2022 I...
Opinion: Why The Conversation About Policing Cannot Stop
On October 17, an obscure and poorly-constructed provision of the Amherst Home Rule Charter was...
Opinion: I Regret That This Is The Way It Is
All American atrocities were once protected by the law. Slavery, segregation, lack of women’s rights,...
Opinion: The Shoulders We Stand On
by Dr. Shirley Jackson Whitaker and Anika Lopes As descendants of African American enslaved people...
Opinion: Our Community Stands With The Amherst 9
You have no rights is what Amherst Police told nine youths after detaining them before...
Opinion: Nuclear War Is The Most Local Of Issues
The following column appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. We live in a troubled...
Opinion: Thoughts On The Upcoming Election And A Bit Of Good Climate News
Love, Justice And Climate Change Once again, as most of you know, we find ourselves...
A Better World Is Possible: On The Other Side of Reparations, A New World Awaits
As Amherst’s African Heritage Reparations Assembly begins its public listening sessions to better understand how...
Photo Of The Week: Fall Foliage Gallery 2022, Part 2
This week we present Part 2 of our annual fall foliage gallery. We heard dire...
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