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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…
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One year ago, the death of George Floyd sparked reflections and conversations on systemic racism and inequities. Corporations, big and small, in our…
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One day after the guilty verdicts against Derek Chauvin came down in the murder of George Floyd, Connecticut activists took to the streets looking to...