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CONNECTIONS: In this fraught time, focus locally

It is important for us to feel relevant at a time when it is easy to feel small and impotent.

Reflections on the Women’s March in NYC

There was much more joy than anger, much more hope and resolve than despair and resentment being expressed, or so it felt to me.

VIDEO: ‘No Boundaries in Art,’ from Berkshire Theatre Group

We do not discriminate. Our buildings are sanctuaries for everyone to tell their stories. We do not discriminate in which stories we will tell, which culture we may seek to know.  

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

Jihadist groups on Sunday celebrated the Trump administration’s ban on travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, saying the new policy validates their claim that the United States is at war with Islam.

Op-ed: Undermining greatness

The executive order targets the wrong people, complicates an already extreme vetting process that works, and damages our relationship with allies all while giving a new recruiting tool to extremists.

Berkshire Theatre Group supports Four Freedoms Coalition protests

In her letter to the editor, Kate Maguire of the Berkshire Theatre Group writes: “There cannot be boundaries in the arts. We do not discriminate. Our buildings are sanctuaries for everyone to tell their stories. We do not discriminate in which stories we will tell, which culture we may seek to know.”

Join the marches — virtually

Copy and cut out this pussy cat hat and wear it, post it, display it in a window, on your car, on Facebook.

EDGECAST VIDEO: Four Freedoms rally in Pittsfield

More than 2,000 people took part in the Four Freedoms rally and march on Saturday, January 7, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to protest the ascendance of bigotry and hatred in the national political environment. Edgecast producer Ben Hillman shot this film of the event; it is narrated by Jim Frangione.

Thousands march for 4 Freedoms in Pittsfield, protesting ascendance of bigotry, hatred

“I am originally from Mexico, but I am not a rapist or a murderer or a thief. I am basically just a nice person. The American Dream can become the American Nightmare in times of intolerance when immigrants and naturalized citizens are made to feel afraid.” -- Eleanor Velez, Director of the Berkshire Community College Multicultural Center

POEM: Mickey Mouse is weeping

A poem inspired by the slaughter of 49 people in at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

Hillary Clinton not first woman nominated for president; honor goes to Margaret Chase Smith

In her letter to the editor, Susan Bachelder writes: "Margaret Chase Smith well knew that liberty cannot stand without the support of reason and wisdom."

LOOKING BACK: Julian Bond’s three or four hours in Great Barrington

Town police had brought in machine guns from Hartford and kept them in the Town Hall basement, just in case violence erupted. Ted Hitchcock said an FBI agent hid in his attic — his house was encircled by the U-shaped park — with binoculars trained on the proceedings.

Berkshires march for justice and humanity scheduled for Sunday in Pittsfield

“What we’ve said we stood for and what we’ve done is in an unmitigated disgrace. We can’t build a stronger foundation on a lie.” -- Will Singleton, president of the Berkshire branch of the NAACP
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