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Following a meeting with school administrators, student protesters at Smith College, who are a part of the group Students for Justice in Palestine, moved their occupation from College Hall to a nearby lawn on the Northampton, Massachusetts, campus.
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Dozens of Smith College students are continuing a sit-in inside the administration building on the Northampton, Massachusetts, campus — nearly a week after the protest began. The protesting students say they want Smith to get rid of all its investments tied to weapons manufacturers — a demand they connect to the war in Gaza.
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From Tuesday to Friday, a half-dozen protesters occupied the Northampton, Massachusetts, office of U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Worcester, calling for the Democrat to speak out more forcefully against Israel as the war in Gaza continues and the humanitarian crisis worsens.
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On that cold, clear night, Sam Lovejoy got a ride from the communal farm where he lived to the Montague Plains, where Northeast Utilities had erected a 500-foot weather tower to gather data for two proposed nuclear power plants.
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Author Chuck Collins writes about the life of an environmental activist in western Massachusetts who, in her final stand against big oil, alters the live trajectories of those she cared for most.
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In 2017, the project first brought together residents from Leverett, Massachusetts, and Letcher County, Kentucky. After the pandemic and the death of one of the project founders, participants decided to move on.
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The Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School is scheduled to close at the end of this month after 10 years in operation.
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We have a bonus Live Music Wednesday with Levyosn, talk violence and hatred deescalation with Polly Byers of the Karuna Center for Peacebuilding (not a yoga studio), and look for the origins of popular English phrases with The Word Nerd
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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.