by Dave Eisenstadter | Apr 24, 2018 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News, Newsletter
Smith College hosted a fascinating speaker earlier this month who addressed a topic that’s been on my mind for several months leading up to the 2018 midterms: communicating and collaborating with people in what’s called “Trump country.” Without their help, we’re all...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Apr 10, 2018 | Articles, Between the Lines, News, Newsletter
Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno spent the better part of the past two weeks railing against a Springfield church for offering sanctuary to an undocumented Peruvian woman and her two American children. Immigrant Gisella Collazo’s cause was taken up by the Pioneer...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Apr 5, 2018 | Articles, News, Newsletter
Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, a Democratic primary challenger to longtime Congressman Richard Neal, is attacking her opponent from an unlikely angle — his seniority. Neal, a Springfield Democrat who has served in the House since 1989, would likely be appointed chairman of the...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Apr 3, 2018 | Articles, News, Newsletter
Longtime broadcast journalist and news anchor Dave Madsen, of Western Mass News, is criticizing his former boss, Sinclair Broadcast Group, following its decision to require its anchors to read promos decrying “fake stories” from national news outlets, a...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Mar 28, 2018 | Articles, Get Out With Staff Picks, Newsletter
Brooks Williams // Friday, March 30 Wind down your week with some good old fashioned blues at The Parlor Room. Georgia-born guitarist and songwriter Brooks Williams will be performing his special style of soulful blues. He’s been called “a mean finger-picker and a...
