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JOHN BREASTED: The Great Barrington Selectboard’s credibility gap

Transparency does not require officials to reveal legal strategy. It does require them to tell voters when the town has been sued.

Something strange happened on the way to Canton, Ohio, home of the NFL Hall of Fame

In his letter to the editor, Charles Ferris writes: “It was a foregone Conclusion, an undeniable Truth, that we here in New England were better than all the rest.”

Leonard Quart: One morning in New York

Some of live out their despair publicly -- intoxicated, drugged, and talking to themselves. Others survive more quietly.

Letter from Barcelona: We are not afraid

It was especially discouraging to listen to the State of the Union from here in Spain, a place where they’re not buying into Trump’s message of fear – fear of immigrants, fear of falling, fear of each other.

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

Nearly half of US military sites are threatened by wild weather linked to climate change.

COMMENTARY: Saving the Berkshire Museum

The sale of art sets a dangerous precedent for all museums, libraries and historical societies, and is a blow to the very idea of public access to original artworks.

Commentary: Immigrant dreams

It’s time we faced the fact that We the People of these United States are a blended family of stepchildren and adoptees.

News Brief: Assemblymember Didi Barrett to speak at Indivisible Chatham NY town hall-style meeting

Barrett was elected to the New York State Assembly in a special election in March 2012, and was re-elected to a full term in November 2012.

Stockbridge selectmen act in bad faith regarding 37 Interlaken project

In his letter to the editor, Jim Balfanz writes: "None of the opponents of this project have anything of substance to say about the project."

LEONARD QUART: Time to march again

There were roughly more than 120,000 marchers and, at one point, the rally stretched more than 20 blocks along Central Park West.

Report from New York: 2018 Women’s March was memorable, intense

Now a veteran of two Women's Marches, Caroline Alexander describes the differences between last year's and this year's.

‘Sister event’ to Women’s March energizes Berkshire County resistance movement

On the one-year anniversary of the iconic Women's March movement, Indivisible Pittsfield, a Trump resistance group advocating for social justice, organized a meeting of 20 local groups to "March into Action."

SOUL SUPPORT: YES Please

In Buddhist teachings there is a practice of 'simply' saying 'yes' to whatever arises in our experience. It is a practice of being with things as they are.

Thank you, President Trump

They say a movement starts with a whisper. Well, people are shouting now throughout the world, despite the president and his cronies.

Historic Clark Farm in Richmond changes hands: Should its 1795 barn be preserved?

The Clark barn is one of only three 18th-century barns remaining in Richmond. Of the three, the Clark barn is the best-preserved in terms of overall original condition according to national timber-framed building expert Jack Sobon, who dated the structure to approximately 1795.

LEONARD QUART: Oprah at the Golden Globes – rehearsal for the White House?

I understand the political appeal of charisma, especially of a woman like Oprah who can bridge the racial divide.