by Pete Redington | Sep 13, 2012 | News
Ever married to their “Job Creators” mantra, Republicans gave their national convention the theme “We Built This.” The phrase comes in response to a speech President Obama gave earlier this summer, in which he (much like Senate candidate...
by Ted Rall | Oct 4, 2012 | News
Decline is on my brain. Specifically, the decline of America. “There’s not a country on Earth that wouldn’t gladly trade places with the United States of America,” President Obama says, denying Republican assertions that the U.S. is in decline....
by Stephanie Kraft | Sep 13, 2012 | News
Voter fraud is rare in the U.S.—so rare that its use as a rationale for strenuous campaigns to tighten voting requirements is highly suspect. Nevertheless, since the last general election, Republicans have been busy around the country putting rules in place to...
by Maureen Turner | Oct 4, 2012 | News
Four years ago, the historic election of Barack Obama was tempered by a hideous local crime: the burning of the African-American Macedonia Church of God in Christ in Springfield. Three city men were subsequently convicted of arson in the case, and last year,...
by Our Readers | Sep 13, 2012 | News
Our Neighbors Are Hungry Like 49 million Americans across the country, more than 110,000 individuals in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire Counties seek food assistance every year from the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts and our region’s emergency...
