Massachusetts Receives National “Black Hole Award” for Government Secrecy
Massachusetts has been named the 2026 recipient of the Black Hole Award, a national designation...
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Are Amherst Developers Flouting the Intent of the Town’s ADU Bylaw?
A building boom of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) is underway in Amherst, with at least...
Shutesbury Adopts the PROTECT Bylaw to Govern Town Interactions with ICE
In our criminal legal systems, who should decide when information is shared with federal immigration...
May Day Was Even More Important than You Think
by Daniel Hunter The mass mobilization on May Day was a show of power —...
How UMass’ “Public-Private” Dorm May Be Shortchanging Amherst Taxpayers
The following article was written with the assistance of Perplexity AI. Some Amherst residents have...
Fact Check: Did Only One Councilor Promise ‘Not a Penny More’ for the Jones Expansion Project?
At their April 7 meeting, the Finance Committee spent time debating whether the Jones Library...
Indy Rewind: Amherst Ranks Last in Massachusetts in Public Works Spending Per Capita
Editor’s note: In anticipation of this week’s discussion by the Town Council of the situation...
It’s Not Too Late to Save Hampshire College. Here’s Why
Hampshire College is facing problems in part because sensationalist news articles paint an erroneously hopeless...
Opinion: There Are Plenty of Reasons for Accreditors to Continue to Support Hampshire College
In early 2019, Hampshire College’s then-president Miriam Nelson decided that Hampshire could not afford to...
When We Fight for Public Schools, We Fight for Democracy
by Kumar Rao The following article appeared originally in Waging Nonviolence on March 19, 2026...
The Cost of War: Iran Edition
by Eric Morrissette Every dollar on this war of choice against Iran is a dollar...
Finance Committee Gets Briefing on Library Project Finances: Big Questions Remain
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Finance Committee, March 3, 2026 This meeting was...