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Being the First: What it Means to be a First-generation College Student   Higher education is changing. As the college-going population in America shifts to include a larger...

Catheryn Chacon and Lilliana Atanacio are the co-presidents of Latinas413, an organization that was formed last year to assist Latinas in the Berkshire with economic and social capital.

PITTSFIELD — At least 75 people demonstrated in Park Square on Thursday evening, in solidarity with the anti-government protests sweeping Colombia that are being met with violence from police. Dozens demonstrate Thursday evening at Park Square in Pittsfield, in solidarity with anti-government protests sweeping Colombia that are being met with violence from police.AMANDA BURKE — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE “We want them to know that we are here, that we see them, support them,” said Catheryn Chacon. “We see all the struggle, and all the lives that have been lost and fighting f...

On a cold Tuesday evening, in a tidy Pittsfield apartment she shares with her two children, Laura Cabrera begins her weekly singing lessons with her teacher, a man 5,600 miles away in Argentina. The song this evening, Mexican folk singer Natalia Lafourcade’s “Para Qué Sufrir,” could well serve as an anthem for Cabrera and a group of Berkshire women who, in the past year, have resolved to open doors and ease others’ agony. “Para Qué Sufrir.” Translation: “Why Suffer.” “¿Para qué sufrir si no hace falta?” Cabrera sings as her instruc...