by Dave Eisenstadter | Mar 23, 2020 | Articles, Featured, Podcast
In continuation of Luis Fieldman’s “Seeking Asylum in Western Mass” series, part 2 of the series explores those in the region who are helping asylum seekers settle in western Massachusetts. Jonathan Jenner, a founder of the Western Massachusetts...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Mar 18, 2020 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News
As news pours in regarding the coronavirus, it is becoming clear the scale of how many people’s lives are affected in such dramatic ways. In terms of the Advocate’s function as the keeper of the community calendar, we’re having to reinvent as we go with the vast...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Mar 11, 2020 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News
This week, the Advocate begins a three-part series by Luis Fieldman about asylum seekers who have made it to western Massachusetts, and those who have helped to get them here. Political stability is something we in the United States take for granted. Even having the...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Mar 4, 2020 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News
It’s Opposite Day in the Democratic primary. Super Tuesday was forecast to be a major victory for the progressive movement, culminating in a possibly insurmountable delegate lead for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, with moderates hopelessly divided. Instead, former Vice...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Mar 3, 2020 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News
I’ve watched with growing concern the reports about the coronavirus morphing from an outbreak local to a region of China into what health experts are warning could become a full-blown pandemic. It’s important to state up front that the risk of contracting the virus in...
