In Brattleboro, outside the main post office on July 25, more than 100 people “gathered to pay tribute to the lives of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastian Guerrero, killed this month by ICE agents,” organizer Mary Moriarty told the Valley Post. “Attendees brought flowers for a shrine in honor of the men, and recognized not only four others killed by immigration enforcement, but the 52 who have died since January 20, 2025 in ICE detention. The group joined the Good Trouble Street Choir in songs of resistance and memory, and welcomed the experience of sharing collective space for grief and rage over current immigration policies.”

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Thanks to the work of bike-ped activists, Massachusetts may allow speed cameras after a state senate vote last week. The bill, which has the governor's support, would allow speed cameras in school zones and other so-called “safety zones,” and around road construction workers. The activists have a web site at https://t4ma.org.

In Hampshire (home to Amherst) and Franklin (home to Greenfield) counties between 2020 and 2022, six pedestrians were killed by cars. The faster a car is going, the more dangerous it is. At least seven areas in the USA have banned cars, according to:

www.travelawaits.com/2481550/car-free-places-in-us