Public Comment: None of Us Is Safe When We Prioritize the Rights of Some over Others
This comment is adapted from a public comment offered at the meeting of the Amherst...
Public Comment: Four Good Reasons for Amherst to Adopt ICE Accountability Resolution
The following public comment was submitted to the Amherst Town Council for their meeting on...
Public Comment on the Resolution Calling for Federal Immigration Agents to Be Held Accountable for Violations of Massachusetts Criminal Law
The following public comment was submitted to the Amherst Town Council for their meeting on...
Letter: Amherst’s DPW Workers Have Our Backs, It’s Time We Had Theirs
by Julian Hynes, Marisol Bonifaz, Amrita Rutter, Alex Franz, Mia Cielak, Maria Kopicki, Brooks Ballenger,...
Letter: Here’s How To Protest Trump’s Renovation of the White House. We Have Until March 4
Last week, I published an article in the Indy about threats to our public art...
Opinion: ICE is the Most Watched Show in America
Social Injustice Goes Global We grew up on reality TV. On Survivor, people schemed for a...
Views on Views: Incidentals in Our Landscapes
By Hetty Startup This is the ninth column in a ten-part series. View the previous...
Town Manager Report for February 23, 2026
Editor’s note: Town Manager Paul Bockelman submits a comprehensive report to the Town Council, usually...
Photos of the Week: Fire and Ice Festival 2026
by David Jeffway Our feature, Photo of the Week, presents each week, a new photo or...
What’s in This Issue?
Welcome to our Table of Contents. You can also receive a listing of all new...
Living Under a Concentration Camp Regime – and Fighting Back
by Kelly Hayes The following podcast transcript appeared originally in Truthout on February 19, 2026,...
Steel Rising, Endowment Falling? Jones Library Leaders Wrestle with Uncertain Future
The February 18, 2026, meeting of the Jones Library Board of Trustees presented a study...