The City Council in Northampton has voted to form a commission to study the possibility of reparations for Black residents, workers and students. The move follows similar action in Amherst and Boston.
HATFIELD Longtime farmworkers and co-owners of Riquezas del Campos Farm, Audi Gonzalez and Marcelino Martinez have experienced firsthand the mistreatment people working on farms can endure, from long hours in the fields and no overtime pay to below.