PLANNING BOARD CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON AMHERST MEDIA BUILDING
PLANNING BOARD MEETING OF 7/15/20 Present: Planning Board members: Michael Birtwistle, Maria Chao, Christine Gray-Mullen...
PUBLIC HEARINGS ON LIBRARY RENOVATION AND POLICE BUDGET CUTS
JONES REPAIRS ESTIMATED TO COST $14.4-$16.8 MILLION RESIDENTS DEMAND 52% REDUCTION IN POLICE BUDGET The...
UMASS SEEKS VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE ON ANTI-RACISM TASK FORCE
Source: UMass News and Media University of Massachusetts announced on July 17 that they seek...
MASSACHUSETTS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR PHASED REOPENING OF SCHOOLS
Source: Massachusetts Teachers Association Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) announced on July 13, a plan for the...
NEW COALITION CALLS FOR BUDGET CUTS, INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN AMHERST POLICE DEPARTMENT
Source: Amherst Racial Equality Task Force A broad coalition of Amherst residents is joining forces...
LETTER: AMHERST SHOULD UNDERTAKE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF POLICING PRACTICES
I feel very strongly about the recent murder of George Floyd. It sent me back...
OPINION: LET’S BE SURE TO GET IT RIGHT BEFORE WE REOPEN OUR SCHOOLS
Editor’s note: The column appeared previously in The Daily Hampshire Gazette. As we all know,...
OPINION: HERE’S WHY REOPENING SCHOOLS BEFORE NEXT SPRING WILL BE A DISASTER
Editor’s note: this article appeared previously in AlterNet. We are sprinting toward a large-scale, real-time...
OPINION: FREQUENTLY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS – REOPENING SCHOOLS AMIDST A PANDEMIC
Frequently Unanswered Questions is a new feature of the Indy that will pursue answers to...
OPINION: THE THREE PURPOSES OF SCHOOLING (1990)
Note: As the community and the schools consider how, if and when to re-open our...
OPINION: BIDEN, ENTHUSIASM, AND THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD
Throughout my writing of this blog I’ve been exploring connections between climate change and racial...
OPINION: “COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS ON RACE” – A GOOD START
Instead of heading to Puffer’s Pond with the family on a hot and humid Saturday...