by Our Readers | Nov 3, 2011 | News
The War on Hunger No one should go without food in our region and across our Commonwealth of Massachusetts, not to mention the entire country, with all the wealth and resources that we possess as a nation. Yet more than 108,000 people rely on emergency food from the...
by Maureen Turner | Oct 13, 2011 | News
In January, a police officer in Toronto addressed a group of York University students at a forum on public safety. Among his advice for avoiding sexual assault? “Women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized.” The comment was met...
by Maureen Turner | Nov 3, 2011 | News
Last year, she offered Massachusetts voters a progressive choice for governor. Now Jill Stein, a physician and leader in the Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party, is jumping into the 2012 presidential race, running to the left of Barack Obama. Stein announced her...
by Tom Vannah | Oct 13, 2011 | News
When I first heard about the images at the center of a controversy in Holyoke, I felt conflicted. After all, the Valley Advocate has a long tradition of defending the right to free expression. Whenever free speech comes under attack, particularly in our own back yard,...
by Stephanie Kraft | Nov 3, 2011 | News
Money is moving out of the country’s largest banks and into credit unions and smaller institutions. It’s rather ironic that the last straw was the relatively small fee, $5 a month, that Bank of America came up with for customers who use their debit cards...
