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Letter: UMass Must Consult Frontline Workers On New Pavilion Plans
The following letter was sent to UMass Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy on February 1, 2023. I...
Letter: The Best Interests Of UMass And The Town Of Amherst Are Not Always Identical
The flap over a ‘workers pavilion’ is a good example of of how, while the...
Letter: Are The Potential Harmful Consequences Of Rental Deregulation Really Unintended?
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Planning Board on January 31, 2023. If...
Opinion: Tyre Nichols’ Murder Is A Call To Action
On January 10th, 2023, Tyre Nichols died just three days after he was brutally beaten...
Opinion: Amherst’s Community Safety And Social Justice Committee On The Killing Of Tyre Nichols
by Allegra Clark and Demetria Shabazz Amherst’s Community Safety and Social Justice Committee (CSSJC) issued...
Opinion: BBAA Mourns Tyre Nichols And Condemns Police Culture Of Violence
The Black Business Association of Amherst Area (BBAA) express our deepest sympathy to the family...
Opinion: Putting Aesthetics Into The Conversation About The Pavillion And “Surplus” Property
The Indy does a fine job of separating news, opinion, and special features. I, as...
Indy Rewind: Wildwood School Building Can Meet Town’s Pressing Needs For More Civic Space
This week, we introduce a new feature. Indy Rewind will appear from time to time...
Indy Rewind: A Community Center: If Not At Wildwood, Where?
by Kitty Axelson-Berry, Maura Keene, and Art Keene This week, we introduce a new feature. Indy...
Amherst History Month By Month: The Spaces In Between
“People feel a longing to belong to the natural world wherever they live…” Robin Wall...
Citizens’ assemblies: are they the future of democracy?
A look at the surge in popularity of randomly selected councils that offer an alternative to politics as we know it