New Tax Cuts Prompt Debates about Affordability

Local Rallies, Actions Continue as Israeli Bombardment of Gaza Intensifies

Activists Blockade Northampton Weapons Manufacturer

Redacted: State Withholding Plans for New Women’s Prison

McGovern, Activists Disagree on Strategy for Ending Cuba, Venezuela Sanctions

Northampton Settles Police Excessive Force Case for $75,000

Police Statewide are Keeping Their Weapons Inventories Secret

Amid sexual harassment scandal, Holyoke police captain retires with pension, PTO payout

“We’re Gonna Cheat”: Northampton Police Accused of “Open Admission of Malfeasance”

State’s Longest Sentences Could Get a “Second Look”

Trader Joe’s United Alleges More Retaliation

Striking SAG-AFTRA Workers to Rally Thursday in Northampton

“Workers Are Fed Up”: Local Labor Leaders Reflect on the State of their Movement

Michaels Workers in Hadley Organize Store’s First-Ever Union

Starbucks Workers United Gets Show of Local Support

Two Months On, Palestine Solidarity Actions Continue Across Western Mass

Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, and The Shoestring Wants to Give You Art

Grassroots Organizing Sweeps New Faces into Greenfield City Government

The Wired, Wired West: The Collapse of Public Internet in Easthampton and the Struggle to Connect Massachusetts’ Overlooked Communities

A “Progressive Blueprint” for Greenfield

Easthampton Parent Sues Schools Over Unenrollment of Child by Non-Custodial Parent

Meet the At-Large Candidates for Northampton School Committee

New UMass Group Works to Oust Raytheon From Campus

Longmeadow School Board Candidate Appears to have Scrubbed Far-Right Views From Social Media

UMass Ordered to Pause Privatization of Advancement Jobs for Legal Review

REVIEW: Ruth Garbus’s Ode to Ephemerality

A Place to Bang One’s Head: Heavy Music Fans to Create Coop Venue

The Shoestring Radio Review #1

Antenna Cloud Farm Foregrounds Art, Community, and Transformation

COVID-19 Turned the Valley’s Music Scene on its Head

‘Right to Shelter’ at a Tipping Point in Massachusetts

Springfield Residents Rally for Fair Home Buyback Negotiations with Fannie Mae

Holyoke Residents Rally for Basic Housing Rights, Call for New City Office to Protect Tenants

New Tenants’ Union Co-Hosts ‘Know Your Rights’ Workshop

Northampton Landlord Retaliates Against Renters for Forming Tenants Association

Climate Advocates Call Out Chase Bank’s Dirty Record

“We’re Not in the Same Boat”: Flood Impacts Felt Unevenly Across Valley

Solar Company Sues Shutesbury Over Zoning Bylaw

Nipped in the Bud: May Freeze Damaged Region’s Fruit Crop

Proposed Law Would Aid Farms Polluted by PFAS-tainted Sludge Fertilizers