OPINION: TOWN SHOULD EMBRACE REPARATIONS TO REDRESS THE DAMAGE OF WHITE SUPREMACY
Have you ever looked into the eyes of a child who has harmed another but...
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OPINION: THE PANDEMIC – A TIME FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVENTURE
Keep school buildings closed; keep schooling going Use technology to individualize and magnify teaching and...
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...
NEW AMHERST YOUTH ORGANIZATION CELEBRATES BLACK LIVES WITH JULY 4th EVENT
A small crowd of between 50 and 100 people gathered at the Mill River Recreation...
LARGE TURNOUT ON AMHERST COMMON IN SUPPORT OF BLACK LIVES
by Marla Goldberg-Jamate and Art Keene For the second consecutive Sunday, more than 1,000 people...
OPINION: THE GOOD SOCIETY (#3): WHERE DO WE LAND AFTER THE PANDEMIC? (PART 2)
The Good Society is a column about the role of imagination and curiosity in building...
OPINION: THE GOOD SOCIETY – RESOURCES FOR IMAGINING A BETTER WORLD (#2). WHERE DO WE LAND AFTER THE PANDEMIC?
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them....
OPINION: REFLECTING ON FOUR YEARS AS A LOW-INCOME STUDENT ADVOCATE AT UMASS
Editors’ Note: This column appeared previously in the UMass Daily Collegian. We congratulate Tim Scalona...
VIRTUAL DAFFODIL RUN DRAWS A CROWD
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County (BBBS), a program of the Center for Human...
$$ FOR FOOD CAMPAIGN: JCA RAISING FUNDS TO FEED THE HUNGRY AND SUPPORT LOCAL RESTAURANTS DURING THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY
The Tikkun Olam Committee of the Jewish Community of Amherst is sponsoring a $$ for Food collection...
OPINION: A FUTURE OF MORE FEAR OR MORE CONNECTION?
What a time we are going through! I continue to be heartened by the actions...
OPINION: GOING VIRAL
Suddenly Amherst is connected to the rest of the world. Coronavirus does not think we...