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by | Oct 15, 2013 | News

Remembering the Bread and Roses Strike In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the city of Lawrence was a flourishing center of the textile industry. But that success came on the backs of unskilled immigrant workers, the majority of them young women and girls, who...

Guest Column: Why Label GMOs in Our Food?

by | Oct 15, 2013 | News

This year has been a banner year for citizen activists concerned about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in our food. Beginning with the narrow 51 percent to 49 percent defeat of a ballot initiative calling for statewide labeling in California last fall, activist...

From Our Readers

by | Oct 16, 2013 | News

Forget It, Fearmongers: GMOs Are Safe In his recent op-ed (“Why Label GMOs in Our Food?”, October 10, 2013), Jack Kittredge engages in the same shady, scientifically illiterate tactics that have unfortunately become a halmark of the anti-GMO movement. The...

From Our Readers

by | Oct 22, 2013 | News

Where’s the Outrage Against Casinos? I empathize with Tom Vannah’s article about his favorite fishing spot being off limits due to the rising population in his town (“Crowd Control,” October 1, 2013). I live in Palmer. I have to live every day...
News Briefs

News Briefs

by | Oct 22, 2013 | News

Bottle Bill Backers Press On By Maureen Turner It’s understandable that even the most ardent supporters might be feeling a bit of bottle-bill fatigue; for more than a decade, environmental groups and other activists have been fighting to get the bill expanded...