Why Did Dan Muscat Resign from the Charter Review Committee?
In January of 2024, Dan Muscat applied to be one of the nine members of...
ISSUES/ANALYSES
Amherst Historical Commission Concerned with Veracity of Section 106 Memorandum
AHC Unfairly Blamed for Irregularities in Library Project Review?After a March 3 public hearing, Amherst...
Opinion: Charter Review Committee Should Listen to What the Public Has Already Said
Amherst’s charter review committee has been meeting since September 2024 and has dedicated most of...
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...
Jones Library Project Faces Hard Decisions
Preservation Concerns and Funding Uncertainties Cloud $50M Plan’s FutureAdversity is no stranger to the proponents...
Ask Perplexity AI: What Are the Risks to the Town of Continued Development of Five Story Private Dorms Downtown?
This is a new occasional column from Ira Bryck entitled “Ask Perplexity AI”. The columns...
Ask Perplexity AI: When Will Amherst’s Roads Be in Good Condition?
This week we introduce a new occasional column from Ira Bryck entitled Ask Perplexity AI....
How to Organize Under Authoritarian Creep in a Closing Civil Society
by Nadine Bloch The following article, “How to Organize Under Authoritarian Creep in a Closing...
“The Administration Acted Reasonably” in Repressing Protest: Investigators Hired by UMass Chancellor Exonerate UMass Chancellor
Fact-check of Twelve of the Prince Lobel Report’s Key Claims The University of Massachusetts Amherst...
Wishful Thinking in Financial Models Imperils Town Needs
Town Manager Paul Bocklelman has asked the Town Council to pick one of four financial...
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...
Non-competitive Hiring by Jones Library Project Has Promoted One-sided Messaging
Public Records Point to Non-compliant Procurement PracticesThe stormy history of the $46.1 million Jones Library...