OPINION

Rizwana Khan October 30, 2025 0

Social Injustice Goes Global Amherst runs on two timelines. In one, the Town Manager’s report sounds like...

Russ Vernon-Jones October 28, 2025 1

Love, Justice and Climate Change Even while the Trump administration is cancelling renewable energy projects...

Johanna Wald October 30, 2025 3

Massachusetts’ Ed Markey is 79 years old and running for another six-year term as Senator,...

Mickey Rathbun October 24, 2025 9

By Mickey Rathbun and Maria Kopicki Back in 2023, Town Council President Lynn Griesmer pledged...

Darcy DuMont October 24, 2025 16

The 2025 Council Candidates The Progressives (on Housing and Zoning) At Large: Ellisha Walker, Allegra...

Rizwana Khan October 24, 2025 6

Downtown Amherst is at a crossroads. Residents just pushed petitions for a 1-year moratorium on...

Richard Sclove October 21, 2025 0

I’ve spent much of the past nine months in deep distress—mourning all that’s being destroyed,...

John Varner October 20, 2025 0

I assume many of the readers of The Indy also attended No Kings Day demonstrations. Personally,...

Rizwana Khan October 21, 2025 1

In downtown Amherst, the last open lots are quietly shaded by the great swatches of...

Jeff Lee October 13, 2025 4

Local election season is upon us, and with 10 of the 13 Town Councilors running...

Ira Bryck October 17, 2025 0

Now that we are in the season of candidates forums and house gatherings, I invite...

Pat Ononibaku October 15, 2025 1

by Pat Ononibaku, Deb Neubaurer, Amilcar Shabazz and Brianna Owen The Progressive Coalition of Amherst...