Smith College Investigation Widens Trump Administration’s Attacks on Higher Education, Advocates Say
by Sarah Prager (Prism) Smith College is being investigated for admitting trans women. Advocates compared...
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Opinion: At the Start of Pride Month, Consider What It Means to Be an Ally
This is the first of four pieces that the LGBTQIA+ Caucus of Amherst has prepared...
Hundreds Turn Out for Wisconsin High Schoolers’ Performance of Banned Music
A Better World is Possible by Chris Walker The Watertown school board banned students from...
Shutesbury Adopts the PROTECT Bylaw to Govern Town Interactions with ICE
In our criminal legal systems, who should decide when information is shared with federal immigration...
Updated: Councilors Decry Racist Handbill Circulated in Amherst. Call for Tangible Action from Council
The following statement was made by Town Councilors Jill Brevik, Amber Cano-Martin, Hala Lord, and...
Reports of Investigations from 2023 LGBTQ Crisis at Middle School Still Available
On March 23, 2026, the Indy reported that it had begun to curate an archive...
Opinion: Baystate Throws Trans Kids Under the Bus
A group of concerned and impacted citizens have recently conducted their 3rd and 4th protest art...
Opinion: Jackson Katz in the Age of Podcasts and Polarization
Social Injustice Goes Global At Amherst Books on May 6, Jackson Katz presented his latest...
Western Mass Mobilizes for May Day Economic Blackout
No School, No Work, No Shopping Hundreds of labor unions, democratic organizations, and community groups...
Bearing Witness to Immigrant Suffering at Burlington ICE
When I learned last summer that immigrants were being mistreated not only in faraway places...
UMass Organizers Seek Unity in Latest Popular Assembly
by Colin Weinstein The following article, “UMass Organizers Seek Unity in Latest Popular Assembly,” by...
Protect Trans & Queer Kids: An Archive of Writing About the 2023 Crisis at ARMS
March 23, 2026: The following archive was started by a local parent beginning in July,...