Letter: We Disavow Jeff Lee’s Letter to NEH/DOGE
by Mickey Rathbun, Maria Kopicki, Ken Rosenthal, Anita Sarro, Peggy Matthews-Nilsen, and Arthur Keene The...
Trump administration
UMass Poll Finds Support for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
Source: UMass News & Media The Latest UMass Poll also Found a Softening of Confidence...
I-91 Overpass Standouts Planned Across Three States
Source: Indivisible West Quabbin Residents across three states will coordinate their demonstrations along at least...
UMass Faculty Senate Adopts Mutual Defense Compact
The Faculty Senate passed, at their April 10 meeting, a Resolution To Establish Mutual Academic...
Majority of Americans Distrust Elon Musk’s Efforts to Cut Federal Spending
The Latest UMass Poll also shows broad opposition to potential cuts to Social Security, Medicare...
The Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List
Starting this week, the Indy will maintain a calendar of resistance/pro-democracy actions in Western Massachusetts...
Visas Revoked for 13 UMass Amherst Students. Trend Accelerates Across the Nation’s Campuses
Thirteen UMass Amherst international students (15 students across all five UMass campuses) have had their...
Amherst Joins the Nation in Protesting Trump and Musk’s Assault on Democracy
More than a thousand people turned out on Amherst’s North Common on a cold, drizzly...
What to Do if the Insurrection Act Is Invoked
With the Insurrection Act looming, now is the time to learn how it might unfold...
Lecture: How Can Universities Navigate the Current Moment
Source: UMass News and Media Robert Shibley, special counsel for campus advocacy at the Foundation...
Letter: National Catastrophe Makes Jones Expansion Too Risky
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council and Amherst Town Manager on...
Letter: Silence Is Not an Option
by Aaron Berman, Rabbi Devorah Jacobson, Jeffrey W. Gold and co-signed by 106 others. On...