Monday, September 14, 2026

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Barbara Zheutlin

Barbara Zheutlin moved from Los Angeles to Great Barrington in 1995. She is the former executive director of Berkshire Grown; she helped create Share the Bounty to strengthen local farming and provide fresh food to food pantries. She coauthored The Kindergarten Lessons We Never Learned and contributed to Enduring Inequities, part of ECHOES, Early Childhood History, Organizing, Ethos, and Strategy Project, believing that the world would be a better place if we prioritized caring for human beings from birth. She is the coauthor of Creative Differences: Profiles of Hollywood Dissidents (South End Press 1979). She tutors ESL as part of Literacy Network, and volunteers for the Southern Berkshire Ambulance Service and The Triplex Cinema.

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BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of July 1, 2026

"Americans are not interested in a war that has raised gas prices, killed Americans, and hurt the global economy,” said U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine. “I’m grateful to my colleagues for standing up for the Constitution, and I call on the President to respect this decision and cease hostilities against Iran.”

BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of June 17, 2026

"Across America, Democrats, Republicans and independents alike must unite to reject Trump’s corruption and ICE’s lawlessness," said U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin.

BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of June 3, 2026

"The American people deserve to know the true costs of this conflict [with Iran], and they deserve transparency and honesty when their government commits the nation to war." — U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley, and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of May 20, 2026

"It is outrageous that, while the billionaire class has never had it so good, one in five children will go hungry in America this year." — Sen. Bernie Sanders (D – Vt.)

BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of May 6, 2026

Raise the minimum wage to $25, living wage for all. Stop the war of choice in Iran! Inquiry launched into the Department of Justice’s politically motivated prosecution of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a preeminent civil rights organization. Reclaim democracy after Supreme Court decision undermining Voting Rights Act.

BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of April 22, 2026

Stop the War of Choice in Iran! The Risks of the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. End Russian Oil Windfalls Act. Stop "presidential profiteering and plunder." Extend the temporary protected status for Haitians.

BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of April 8, 2026

“Americans don’t want foreign wars, they want cheaper health care, groceries, and gas at home.” Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO).

BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of March 25, 2026

“No business as usual!” Standing up for relief from an illegal war and illegal tariffs, for restricting ICE funding for warehouses, and for funding healthcare and protecting voting!

BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of March 11, 2026

Standing up for the law, the Constitution, and accountability!

BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of February 25, 2026

Standing up for free speech, for funding Minority-Serving Education Institutions, for democracy, workers’ safety, accountability, and justice.

BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of February 11, 2026

Standing up for justice and accountability, for nuclear arms control, and for limits on the consolidation of big tech.

BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of January 28, 2026

Standing up for the law, the truth, accountability, and justice!

BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of January 14, 2026

Standing up for domestic and international laws and for accountability. Speaking up against “might makes right” and for choosing law over force.

BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of December 31, 2025

Congresspeople are standing up for wind energy, for closing inhumane detention facilities, for busting monopolies in farming, and for keeping border patrol agents at the borders and out of our cities!

BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of December 17, 2025

Standing up to insist that money for the military should not be used to enforce immigration and standing up for Zero Food Waste.

BRIGHT SPOTS: Week of December 3, 2025

Standing up to insist that our government follow the laws of our country!
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