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On this week's episode, a discussion about the threats to local news and how we and our peers are pushing back.
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In this week's episode of Trippin' on The Shoestring, we discuss the 2024 election.
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On this week's podcast, a discussion about the U.S. military, its impact on the world, and the people who participate in it with three...
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The dissident scholar Vijay Prashad, who has deep ties to western Mass, explores the connection between local politics and U.S. foreign policy.
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Activists talk about organizing for ceasefire resolutions in western Mass amid Israel's continued invasion of Gaza.
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Northampton's state rep talks Medicare for All, peer-response funding, transparency in the Legislature, and more.
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City councils in three cities fell into disfunction and bickering as their first order of business this year.
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Former Massachusetts Teachers Association president Barbara Madeloni talks about radical unionism's future in Massachusetts and beyond.
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With NPD Chief Jody Kasper stepping down after 25 years at the department, we look back at our coverage of her tenure.
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The Shoestring hosts a panel on accountability reporting as a resource for communities rethinking public safety.
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Valley residents discuss the impact of government spending during the early Covid-19 pandemic, who was left out of that spending, and how locals organized...
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We speak to writer Dusty Christensen about his latest piece on Sheriff Nick Cocchi’s campaign fundraising. Cocchi raised more than any other sheriff in...
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Shoestring reporters Sierra Dickey and Sarah Robertson speak to Terry Gibson and Basav Sen about climate justice efforts in Springfield, MA and beyond and...
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In a new episode of Trippin on The Shoestring, co-editor Will spoke with Cathy McNally about why she took down her Black Lives Matter...
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In this episode we talk with defense attorneys Rachel Weber and Dana Goldblatt, Ben Brucato, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and...