opinion, column

Column: Jim Hannifan's hard road to Relay

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

NORTHAMPTON - Jim Hannifan has three reasons to Relay. Three more than anyone should have. Hannifan lost both of his parents to cancer, and he lost his wife, Donna Reed, to the disease as well, in February 2009.

John Paradis: Remembering Kevin White

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

NORTHAMPTON - No one individual has had as much influence on the social, physical and economic shape of the city of Boston as Kevin Hagen White.

Column: White people's burden: Learning, not shying, from anger over bias

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

AMHERST - I can't get tacos off my mind. The city of East Haven, Conn., has been embroiled in controversy, primarily because four city police officers were recently arrested by the FBI on charges of deprivation of rights and obstruction of justice for waging a campaign of harassment against Latino citizens. The cherry on top occurred when a television reporter asked Mayor Joseph Maturo, "What are you doing for the Latino community today?" and he responded, "I might have tacos when I go home. I'm not sure yet."

Amy Pybus: How should an adult address youth's racism?

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

EASTHAMPTON - The other day before school I heard an eighth-grade boy drop the n-word. He didn't know I was close enough to hear him, or I doubt he would have said it. And I didn't reveal myself to him, I just listened. I didn't want to run over and say, "Never use that word!" until I heard what the context was.

Column: Occupying vs. taking up space

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

NORTHAMPTON - Engaging in direct and transparent participatory democracy; exercising personal and collective responsibility; recognizing individuals' inherent privilege and the influence it has on all interactions.

Sound familiar? If so, you have been, like myself, participating in one of the nation's greatest movements since the counterculture revolution of the 1960s.

Jay Fleitman: Liberty bows in health care shift

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

NORTHAMPTON - As chairman of the board of a local health care corporation, I recently prepared for our annual meeting, which was attended by over 100 physicians and representatives of the hospital administration and board of trustees. I discussed new and coming health care vehicles we have with the major insurance companies of Massachusetts.

Andrew Morehouse: Stop demagoguing our food safety net

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

HATFIELD - Former Northampton Mayor Clare Higgins made some eloquent points about hunger and food stamps in her recent column, "Beyond food stamp buzzwords" (Jan. 28).