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John Coviello: Urges legislators to ban foam cups

In this Nov. 17, 2015 photo, Mahmood Ali prepares a fishing net for his next trip to the seas in the new house he constructed after his home was washed away in the island district of Bhola, where the Meghna River spills into the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Bangladesh is considered one of the world's most vulnerable countries to climate change. Scientists have projected seas will rise an average of around 1 meter (3 feet) in this century. But just a 65-centimeter (26-inch) rise would swallow some 40 percent of the country's productive land, according to World Bank experts helping Bangladesh devise ways to cope with this change.

Columnist Laura Draucker: Refugee crises linked to climate change

by Laura Draucker July 5, 2018

Jessie Noeun, 7, of Amherst, left, and his father Sefnuon Noeun pick out apples from Apex Orchards Dec. 30, 2017, at the Amherst Winter Farmers’ Market at the Hampshire Mall in Hadley. “So much focus in Washington is for cutting programs, like SNAP (food stamps),” U.S. Rep. James McGovern said recently. “It’s frustrating to see programs cut that need to be expanded.”

Editorial: Hunger in US still shameful

by Staff Report July 5, 2018

Columnist Marty Nathan: How to get out of bed

by Staff Report July 5, 2018

Ian Burt, 12, crosses a traverse rope during the Western Massachusetts Boy Scouts of America Spring Camporee at the Franklin County Fairgrounds in Greenfield on May 19.

Editorial: Scouting still enriches young people

by Staff Report July 4, 2018

Julia Saner: Heart aches for immigrant children

Edward Orzechowski: Praises coverage of Vitkus memorial

Randall Wilburn: Warns against taking scripture out of context

Columnist Farah Ameen: Antithesis of what US used to represent

by Farah Ameen July 3, 2018

The Declaration of Independence which birthed our nation needs a shifted consciousness.

Lindsey Peterson: Must value our interconnectedness

by Lindsey Peterson July 3, 2018