Springfield
Springfield Officials React To Scathing Report On Excessive Force
Springfield, Massachusetts, city and police officials have responded to a scathing government report that charges the narcotics bureau with a pattern of excessive force with no accountability.
Regional News
Thousands Of College Professors Sign Letter Condemning ICE Policy
New England professors are among about 30,000 academics from around the U.S. to sign an open letter condemning a new federal policy regarding international college students. The Trump administration is barring those students from staying in the U.S. if they only take online classes this fall.
Summer Fiction Series
True Stories Of Ingenuity Hiding Children In Wartime Inspired 'The Yellow Bird Sings'
Kicking off our annual summer ficiton series: a novel about a mother-daughter connection and the role of creativity and beauty in human survival.
Politics
You Won't See Trump's Taxes Before Election Day, But He Could Face Bigger Problems
Supreme Court cases are complicated, and their implications can be muddy. But a few things are clear from what the court decided Thursday about the President Trump's financial records. Presidents do not have absolute immunity from having to release financial records, and more specifically to Trump, we likely won't see his taxes until after the presidential election. That, though, may be beside the point, because allowing a New York grand jury — and a motivated district attorney — to mine his...
Commentary
Trump's National Statue Park Is Not The Antidote Called For In This Moment
On Father’s Day, my family took my dad somewhere I'd never been: the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Its highlight is an outdoor landscape populated by dozens of sculpted works.
Watch: GP at the Met
NEPM Now
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...
More News
Without MASS MoCA, Tanglewood And Other Attractions, Berkshires' Arts Tourism Is Hurting
Tourism has been decimated by widespread coronavirus closures. The impact is especially hard felt in regions that rely heavily on seasonal dollars, including the Berkshires in western Massachusetts. Its a place where art, theater and music drive a post-industrial, creative economy now shuttered by the pandemic. Without Tanglewood During a normal summer 350,000 visitors stream through the gates at the Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox. Some take one of the 5,700 seats in the Koussevitzky...
