Politics
Ex-FBI Lawyer To Plead Guilty In Case Linked To Alleged Abuse Of Surveillance Power
Updated at 12:26 p.m. ET Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith has agreed to plead guilty to a single false statement charge, marking the first criminal action in an investigation centered on how intelligence agencies gathered information involving the Trump campaign and Russia four years ago in the waning months of the Obama administration. Clinesmith had been identified in an earlier report by the Justice Department inspector general. He allegedly doctored an email used as part of a process to...
Regional News
Hampshire County Sheriff Furloughs 77 Staff To Meet Mass. Budget Cuts
The Hampshire County Sheriff's Office in Northampton, Massachusetts, will furlough 77 staff members to comply with state budget cuts.
Summer Fiction
Andrea Hairston's 'Master of Poisons' Injects Hope Into A Precarious World
In her creative life, Andrea Hairston covers a lot of ground. She teaches theater and Africana studies at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She’s a playwright, theater director, screenwriter and novelist. Hairston’s forthcoming book, "Master of Poisons," is a fantasy novel about a world facing destruction.
Politics
Political Conventions Will Likely Never Be The Same
It's a nondescript, utilitarian room in the bowels of a sports arena. The presidential nomination is on the line. Aides to three candidates still in the contest are haggling with convention staff over who speaks when, will their biographical videos be shown, whose office space is nearest the floor. It's a political junkie's dream. It could be real. But it's not. This is how it played out in a 2012 episode of NBC's prime-time drama The West Wing. The last time something even remotely close to...
Commentary
One Massachusetts Town's Reaction To The End Of World War II, 'Separated From The World'
Two million revelers gathered in downtown Manhattan on the evening of V-J Day, 75 years ago this week. They filled Times Square — waving flags, dancing, and shrieking with joy.
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Our Commitment: Civil Dialogue, Context and Conversation
We are deeply saddened by the tragic events of the last several weeks which have shaken the Black community. The killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and too many other Black Americans have triggered national and international outrage and calls for systemic change. We once again see the bitter truths about racism, inequality, and injustice. This is a difficult time in our Nation’s history. Unlike many countries around the world which have experienced similar horrific...
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In Pandemic, Music Clubs Among The First To Close And Last To Reopen — If They Can
It’s been five months since live music venues and DJ clubs shut their doors to dancing crowds, and in Massachusetts they won’t be able to open in full until a COVID-19 vaccine or a proven treatment is available. If they make it that long.
