The Thanksgiving Myth Hides the US’s Inability to Reckon With Its Own History
by Jesse Hagopian “I’m not against giving thanks. I’m against celebrating a falsehood,” says Choctaw...
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Letter: None of Us Is Safe Until We Are All Safe
I am happy that Amherst has achieved a “perfect” score on the Human Rights Campaign’s...
Journalist Farai Chideya to Deliver 4th Annual Ellsberg Lecture at UMass
Source: The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy...
Should the Resident Oversight Board for the Amherst Police Have Investigative Powers?
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, November 3, 2025, Part 2 This...
Social Justice Committee Meeting with Town Council Ends in Postponement
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, November 3, 2025. Part 1 This...
Town Council Recommits to Social Justice Priorities
Report on the Special Meeting of the Town Council, November 7, 2025 This meeting was...
Progress Report on Town’s Implementation of Community Safety Working Group’s Recommendations
A new report from the League of Women Voters Amherst’s Racial Justice Committee finds that...
Amherst Proclaims October 14 as George Floyd Day but Not Without Pushback
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, October 6, 2025 (Part 3 of...
Social Justice Committee: Why Can’t We Get a Meeting with the Town Council?
Report on the Meeting of the Community Safety and Social Justice Committee, September 10, 2025....
Second Annual Read and Resist Fest, Saturday, September 20
Source: Interlink Publishing The Second Annual Read & Resist Fest will take place on Saturday,...
Much Work Remains to Make Amherst an Equitable Community
Liberatory Visioning Project Supports Conclusions of Community Safety Working Group The Town of Amherst’s Liberatory...
Second Annual Read & Resist Fest, Saturday September 20
Source: Interlink Publishing The Second Annual Read & Resist Fest will take place on Saturday,...