by Stephanie Kraft | Apr 14, 2012 | News
As you drive along Birnie Avenue in Springfield, it’s a surprise to see a school—the German Gerena Elementary School—under the shadow of I-91 and sitting on low ground not far from the Connecticut River. The situation is so inconvenient for walking...
by Our Readers | Apr 14, 2012 | News
Martin-Zimmerman Case Not About Racism Stop conjuring up the ghost of Trayvon Martin to suit a political agenda [“Caught in the Backfire,” March 29, 2012]. Trayvon Martin was unarmed but not “unoffending” when he was shot, he was beating...
by Stephanie Kraft | Apr 14, 2012 | News
On the heels of the shooting of Trayvon Martin, a killing partly enabled by Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law (see related story), comes the news that a similar law has been proposed for Massachusetts at the behest of the Gun Owners’ Action...
by Stephanie Kraft | Apr 21, 2012 | News
As issues like universal healthcare, the fight for the Republican presidential nomination and the shooting of an unarmed teenager in Florida grab attention day by day, it’s important not to forget a more enduring, more crucial issue that faces the U.S. and the...
by Our Readers | Apr 21, 2012 | News
Stop Logging at Quabbin For the benefit of 99 percent of Massachusetts citizens who do not work in the timber industry, there is no good reason for logging in the Quabbin, and there are many good reasons not to. The Quabbin forest represents less than 2 percent of...
