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...
OPINION
Opinion: Is the Fix in on the Once-in-a-Decade Charter Review?
We know many of the concerns of Amherst voters regarding the Amherst Home Rule Charter...
Opinion: Democracy in Amherst
The following column, “Democracy in Amherst” by Michael Greenebaum, appeared originally in the Indy on...
Opinion: Will We Stop the Coup?
Love, Justice, and Climate Change There is a coup underway in our country. We are...
Opinion: 2024 – A Year of Climate Wakeup Calls
Local and Green The following column appeared previously in the Amherst Bulletin. I am not...
Opinion: Resisting the MAGA/Musk Agenda
Love, Justice and Climate Change Many of us wondered what Donald Trump’s first weeks in...
Opinion: Preserve and Enhance DEI in Amherst
Diversity, equity and inclusion are bedrocks of American democracy but not, sadly, of American history. ...
Opinion: The People’s March and MLK Jr.
Love, Justice and Climate Change This past weekend I went to Washington, DC to be...
Opinion: Embodying MLK’s Dream Today
by Rev. Irene Moore The article “Embodying MLK’s Dream Today” appeared originally in LA Progressive...
Opinion: What Were You Doing When the Repression Took Hold?
The following column appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Democracy works only if voters...
Opinion: Response to Critiques of Jones Library Contracting
I follow the stories about the Library expansion project from afar, so I don’t want...
Opinion: Frequently Unanswered Questions: Is Amherst on the Verge of a Generation-Long Fiscal Disaster?
by Art Keene, Maura Keene, and Maria Kopicki It is hard to imagine that the...