A Latina police officer in Springfield was fired for posting in support of Black Lives Matter on Instagram. Florissa Fuentes was fired on June 19, 2020. Yolanda Cancel ran for Springfield mayor... Read more »
June 25, 2020
Bike-Ped Victory
After years of work, activists in Brattleboro are celebrating. Crosswalks will be installed this fall on Putney Road at the Hannaford supermarket and at the circus school. As of 2017, Brattleboro... Read more »
June 19, 2020
A Hot June for Valley Marches, Rallies
Democracy and the kind of extreme economic inequality that now exists in the USA are incompatible. Unions reduce inequality. In Brattleboro on June 15 there was a well-attended union rally, seen... Read more »
June 12, 2020
15,000 Take to the Valley's Streets
In the Valley in the past few weeks, thousands more people marched than earlier reported. They were protesting racist white police officers who kill unarmed African Americans. On June 5, the... Read more »
June 05, 2020
Revolution?
A non-violent revolution might look something like the marches in the Valley that happened this week to protest killer cops. At least 5,000 people took to the streets in Holyoke, Springfield,... Read more »