by Markos Moulitsas | Jul 27, 2010 | News
Thanks to Barack Obama, conservatives now hate Chicago. “Today I’m inviting you to the exciting premiere of a new channel. It’s called Obama’s Chicago Network, and is the best place on the Web for viewers to learn more about President...
by Samantha Presnal | Jul 27, 2010 | News
Arts initiatives in the Pioneer Valley have been bolstered by two substantial grants awarded to the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum and the Enchanted Circle Theater of Northampton. Both institutions focus on learning about and learning through the arts. With $150,000...
by Maureen Turner | Jul 28, 2010 | News
Massachusetts Congressman Ed Markey and two colleagues last week filed a bill designed to get harmful chemicals out of personal care products. The Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010 would tighten up standards for ingredient safety, which, in their current form, are shamefully...
by Our Readers | Jul 29, 2010 | News
Tug of War As the Tea Party descended on Greenfield on July 17, members of the Greenfield and Northampton vigils to end the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan continued their silent protest in Greenfield. Meanwhile, members of the Alliance for Peace and Justice...
by Stephanie Kraft | Jul 29, 2010 | News
The energy crisis and climate change combine to make the problem of achieving a sustainable way of life more pressing every day. That problem generates volumes of stories in the press. But one story that shows how painful it is to do the work of changing expectations,...
