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Thursday night’s Jan. 6 hearing was a balm to the excruciating collective gaslighting our country has endured since the 2016 election. I watched every second, often literally on the edge of my couch, as two elected leaders who couldn’t be more...
At a veteran community dinner in Brattleboro, one day after Memorial Day last month, Richard “Dick” Hamilton, a 99-year-old World War II veteran and former prisoner of war, was put on the spot. Would he mind telling his story?After some coaxing, and a...
NORTHAMPTON – Congressman Jim McGovern invited Congressman Jamie Raskin to First Churches of Northampton to host a special town hall and field questions from the hundreds of audience members focused on how to protect and maintain a democracy on May 31.
I left my headache over 107 Williams St. behind and walked downtown to hear the internationally celebrated writer and poet Ocean Vuong reading at First Churches a few weeks ago. There was already a line stretching around the corner when I arrived at 6...
NORTHAMPTON — A town hall event Tuesday between two powerful Democratic congressmen was billed as a discussion with constituents about defending democracy.But it was as much a pep rally as it was a back-and-forth with audience members.Constituents...