by Heather Brandon | Nov 7, 2007 | Urban Compass
In Springfield and Hartford, challenger Domenic Sarno and incumbent Mayor Eddie Perez both achieved victories in yesterday’s mayoral elections. Sarno won with just over half the vote at 52.5 percent, and Perez won with just under at 49 percent. In Sarno’s...
by Heather Brandon | Nov 7, 2007 | Urban Compass
Springfield resident Charles Rucks is running for City Council. Following are his answers to questions I sent via email—just in late yesterday morning from the candidate. The interview is part of an attempt to reach candidates for City Council and learn more...
by Hayley Wood | Jun 4, 2007 | The Public Humanist
I will always love Ralph Nader for publicly validating English majors. I joined the Green party soon after his speech at the First Churches in Northampton in the summer before the fateful 2000 presidential election. He said a lot of things that were sensible, clear,...
by Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello | Jun 7, 2007 | The Public Humanist
In the very full arena of public policy discourse, what do humanities scholars have to add to the conversation? On some level, as non-policy experts, the answer would seem to be a simple “nothing” (or, if one is being more generous, “fairly...
by David Tebaldi | Jun 11, 2007 | The Public Humanist
American society today suffers from two fundamental anxieties. One is economic and has many sources, including the accelerating pace of technological change, the impact of our economy and ways of life on the environment, the globalization of both labor and capital,...
