Resistance Is Alive and Well in the United States
Protests of Trump may not look like the mass marches of 2017, but research shows...
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Frequently Unanswered Questions: What’s Missing from the Response to Town Councilors’ Questions About the Jones Library?
By Jeff Lee and Maria Kopicki The following document was placed in the packet for the...
Resistance to Trump is Everywhere — Inside the First 50 Days of Mass Protest
From mass refusals to boycotts to walkouts, regular Americans are bravely pushing back against the...
Massachusetts Sees Tariffs Pinching Public Projects
Tariff Turmoil and Economic UneaseThe on-again-off-again nature of new U.S. tariffs on foreign construction materials...
Why Did Dan Muscat Resign from the Charter Review Committee?
In January of 2024, Dan Muscat applied to be one of the nine members of...
Amherst Historical Commission Concerned with Veracity of Section 106 Memorandum
AHC Unfairly Blamed for Irregularities in Library Project Review?After a March 3 public hearing, Amherst...
Opinion: Charter Review Committee Should Listen to What the Public Has Already Said
Amherst’s charter review committee has been meeting since September 2024 and has dedicated most of...
Anti-DEI Guidance from Trump Administration Misinterprets the Law and Guts Educators’ Free Speech Rights
by Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst and Rebecca Hamlin, UMass Amherst The Trump administration’s...
Jones Library Project Faces Hard Decisions
Preservation Concerns and Funding Uncertainties Cloud $50M Plan’s FutureAdversity is no stranger to the proponents...
Ask Perplexity AI: What Are the Risks to the Town of Continued Development of Five Story Private Dorms Downtown?
This is a new occasional column from Ira Bryck entitled “Ask Perplexity AI”. The columns...
Ask Perplexity AI: When Will Amherst’s Roads Be in Good Condition?
This week we introduce a new occasional column from Ira Bryck entitled Ask Perplexity AI....
How to Organize Under Authoritarian Creep in a Closing Civil Society
by Nadine Bloch The following article, “How to Organize Under Authoritarian Creep in a Closing...