Opinion: The Merry Maple and Dickinson’s Ghost
Social Injustice Goes Global Amherst restores your faith in community—just enough to make you forget...
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Review: At a Time When African American History is Under Attack, Netflix’s The Abandons Softens the Realities of Historical Oppression
Netflix has released a new television series called The Abandons, set in the time and...
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...
Views on Views: Stone Walls
This is the third article in a series of ten. Find the previous articles in...
Celebrating 75 years of Community Health: Amherst’s Musante Health Center and the Hilltown Community Health Centers
It is stating the obvious that healthcare and health insurance coverage are serious concerns for...
East Amherst Local Historic District Gets Mixed Reception from Planning Board
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Planning Board, October 8, 2025 This meeting was...
The Native History of Indigenous People’s Day
by Malinda Maynor Lowry The article The Native History of Indigenous People’s Day appeared originally...
History Shows that Sustained, Disruptive Protest Works
Editor’s note: After nearly 30 years of publishing powerful stories that uplift voices too often...
Opinion: Sculpture for North Amherst Library Languishes in Committee
I have been involved in the Mill River Project in North Amherst as a team...
Special Exhibition Offers New Ways to Experience the Rich Histories of the Emily Dickinson Museum
I usually cover architecture and historic preservation topics for the Indy so I was pleased...
Little-Known Abolitionists Profiled in New Book by Local Authors
Authors to Participate in Book Group Discussion September 10 On February 14, 1783, months before...
Orchard Valley Gathering #3: Outside-In, Inside-Out
Amherst History, Month by Month This is the third in a series about the Orchard...