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By STEVE PFARRER

Can the arts help us reexamine our past and come to terms with injustice? Can music, film and other mediums become instruments for social change by helping us look differently at our history and our beliefs?Those are questions the Power of Truths Arts...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Northampton’s Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity, which also serves as a synagogue and congregational church, had to be evacuated on Sunday as part of a series of bomb threats made against places of worship across the commonwealth....

By HELEN BEZUNEH

NORTHAMPTON — For many residents, Northampton’s small Black demographic stands in stark contrast with its distinct political identity. The city boasts a mere 2.7% Black population in a nation with an average Black population of 12%.Yet Black Lives...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The Smith College School of Social Work will no longer use “field” in reference to any aspect of its program, a word the school says may have negative connotations with racism and slavery.In an email last week, School of Social Work...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The ValleyBike share program, which currently serves eight communities across the region, is delaying its spring rollout due to ongoing contract negotiations between the city of Northampton, which oversees the program, and the company...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The City Council revealed on Thursday some details on how the city’s joint commission to investigate racial harms against Black residents and workers will be structured. The City Council unanimously passed a resolution in February to...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The city has found a leader for its fledgling new department that will soon provide alternative responses to some public safety calls.Kristen Rhodes has been named director of the Division of Community Care, which is part of the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The city is moving ahead with plans to create a joint commission to investigate racial harms against Black residents and workers in Northampton, making a statement as part of a nationwide conversation on reparations in the country.The...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — When Garrick Perry told his grandmother 25 years ago that he was moving to Northampton from Washington, D.C., she reacted with skepticism.“I remember my grandmother when I was deciding to move here, she had a fear that I was going to the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The City Council is expected to introduce a resolution to create a commission that would look into racial injustices perpetrated against Black residents and workers in the city, part of ongoing nationwide efforts to explore the idea of...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Proponents of establishing a commission on reparations in Northampton for African Americans are lobbying the City Council to pass a resolution on the issue in February, coinciding with Black History Month. The Northampton Reparations...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — An online panel discussion regarding a proposed reparations commission for the city is set to take place Tuesday evening via a Zoom conference, in partnership with Forbes Library. The meeting, titled “Why Reparations? Why Northampton?...

By GRETA JOCHEM

NORTHAMPTON —About 200 people gathered outside JFK Middle School on Wednesday, some holding signs in support of Principal Desmond Caldwell or with messages like “Hate has no home in our school,” and “yes there is racism here.” Several high school...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

EASTHAMPTON — The state attorney general’s office has launched an investigation after months of racial tensions at Easthampton High School.During an update on race-related incidents and the school district’s response, Superintendent Nancy Follansbee...

In the wake of parking lot violence and complaints of racism and harassment, Easthampton High School administrators have work ahead to improve the school’s climate and rebuild trust with students and parents.The walkout staged by hundreds of high...

By EMILY CUTTS

HADLEY — Police are investigating a video posted to social media featuring a Hopkins Academy student uttering racial slurs and advocating violence and white supremacy.Hadley Police Sgt. Mitchell Kuc said police have determined that the speech on the...