On July 3, I went to a public reading of Frederick Douglass’ speech, “Meaning of the Fourth of July for the Negro” hosted by the Northampton...
Remembering, forgetting, denying, immersing, obsessing, uncovering, inhabiting.World War II veterans, on the 50th anniversary commemorations of...
I am writing in response to Marc Warner’s Guest Column, “Reparations in Northampton would demean us,” published in the Gazette’s Dec. 26 edition...
Anger is an easy emotion for me. Anger saved my life. It helped create a boundary between my controlling mother and me. Being able to express my...
Most of the people I know never believed that the current occupant of the White House would win the primary, but he did. We were in the same state...
Former Vice President Joe Biden, accused by a number of women of making them uncomfortable by invading their personal space, had the opportunity to...
Blackface is not an anomaly. Beginning in the 1830s in the North, minstrel shows featured whites who darkened their skin with burnt cork and played...
Many people are outraged by this president’s inhuman “zero-tolerance” policy, which is separating thousands of children from their parents...
The #MeToo campaign is bringing down prominent men. The latest is chef Mario Batali, whom four women have accused of sexual harassment.He has been...