NORTHAMPTON Activists in Northampton are calling on the City Council to establish a reparations commission that would examine the city’s historical links to slavery and racism, as well as address current racial inequities in areas like housing and.
On a recent morning dog walk through the sunlit autumn leaves, I ran into my neighbor John Sheldon on the Emily Dickinson Trail, which runs along the Fort River in South Amherst. He had stopped to inspect the newly installed poetry box on the trail’s.