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Louise Dunphy of Celtic Crossings gives us a rundown of Celtic happenings in western Massachusetts this weekend. Kristen van Ginhoven, artistic director of WAM Theater, joins us to talk about their mission and their upcoming show. And since it's Thursday, we mcgovern with the one and only Rep. Jim McGovern.
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Anika Lopes, founder of the tour, says she hopes to connect Amherst, Massachusetts, residents of color with their history.
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Tiyo Attallah Salah-El was also an author, scholar and activist who died in a Pennsylvania prison in June 2018, at age 85. He’d served nearly 50 years of a life sentence for a murder he always insisted he did not commit.
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For some artists, the murder of George Floyd by a police officer two years ago, and the ensuing protests, have been sources for paintings and writing. But racial injustice in the U.S. has long provided unwanted artistic inspiration.
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'Mattering is the minimum': 2 years later, western Mass. organizers reflect on George Floyd protestsLocal organizers reflect on what they think has been accomplished — and what hasn’t — two years after organizing Black Lives Matter protests in western Massachusetts cities and towns.
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Longtime environmental advocate Thelma Barzottini was remembered recently by Housatonic River cleanup activists and government regulators as a sweet person who was passionate about cleaning up PCBs.
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Marty Nathan, a western Massachusetts civil rights and environmental champion, died Monday at age 70.Nathan's activism stretched across decades.She…
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The pandemic reversed the last 10 years of progress toward ending hunger in the United States, according to Feeding America. Millions more people than…
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Longtime Wethersfield Police Chief James Cetran has been fired. Wethersfield’s town council Tuesday night approved the decision of Town Manager Gary...
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The Springfield chapter of the Massachusetts Senior Action Council is calling for the resignation of the city's police commissioner Cheryl Clapprood over…