Amherst to Celebrate Becoming a Purple Heart Community
Source: amherstma.gov The Town of Amherst is proud to announce that it has officially become a designated Purple...
Goodwin Memorial Church to Host Historic Unity Service
Source: Goodwin Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church As public discourse grows increasingly fractured across the nation,...
What’s Happening in Amherst?
by Art and Maura Keene You can help us make our events calendar more comprehensive...
The Fight Against AI Data Centers Is Spreading Globally
By Cathy Rogers , Saul Levin , and Philip Eubanks The following article appeared originally in Waging Nonviolence on...
Public Comment | The New Hauler Proposal: Recommendations for Maximizing Reduction of Waste and Emissions
The following public comment was offered at the meeting of the Town Services and Outreach...
Letter: Seeking AG Opinion on Amherst’s Jumbo ADU’s
The following letter was sent to Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell, Amherst Town Manager Paul...
Letter: Support Area Black Businesses During National Black Business Month
National Black Business Month is celebrated every August to recognize the contributions, achievements, and resilience...
Letter: Media is Complicit in Israel’s Unprecedented Assault on Journalists
The following letter was sent to local media outlets on July 31, 2026. August 10th...
Opinion: On the Wisdom of Borrowing from One’s Endowment
A Lesson the Jones Library Should Heed In 2010, Wells College, my alma mater, again...
Opinion | The Amherst Public Shade Tree Committee: Planting for People We Will Never Meet
Social Injustice Goes Global Around the world, climate promises are colliding with reality. Governments are...
De-ICE Citizens Bank: A Model of a Successful Civil Resistance Campaign
by Peyton Flemming The grassroots effort was a textbook example of sustained, targeted civil resistance...
Listen to the Hibakusha This Hiroshima Day – the World Doesn’t Need More Nuclear Weapons
by Jeremy Corbyn The following article originally appeared in Morning Star, on August 4, 2026...