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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

Independence isn’t unalloyed, but the drive for it is pure, and it pulses inside each of us like a heartbeat.

Columnist Thérèse Soukar Chehade: Drive for independence pulses like a heartbeat

by ThErEse Soukar Chehade July 3, 2018

Now, 242 years later, we are engaged in a fight for the soul of this nation. It pits those who are determined to keep a commitment to equality at the center of our national purpose against those who wish to substitute a doctrine of unfettered individual liberty.

Columnist Don Robinson: Nation’s commitment to equality continues

by Don Robinson July 3, 2018