Wins for Nature

In Brattleboro on June 24, hundreds of people were at a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new train station. “Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000... Read more »

Freedom

In Greenfield on June 17, a man was found not guilty of a crime that the government kept him in prison for 28 years for. His name is Elvio J. "Ralphie" Marrero. He is 65 years old. On June 17, he... Read more »

Springfield Workers Win

On June 11, in Springfield, Massachusetts about 50 childcare workers won their strike. The strike lasted eight days. When they voted to ratify the contract, the workers won about 20 percent higher... Read more »

How to End Mass Incarceration

No nation keeps such a high percentage of its people in prison as the USA. Europe's rate is a fraction of ours. On May 31 the Valley Post emailed a state senator from Northampton and one from... Read more »

Springfield, MA Workers Celebrate

Seventy-thousand Lyft and Uber drivers in Massachusetts formed a union on May 25. “I'm thrilled,” Peter Cianciolo told the Valley Post in a voice phone interview on May 28. He lives in... Read more »