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‘Our march to freedom is not complete unless want is annihilated’

Carlos Bulosan wrote, “Our challenge to tyranny is the depth of our faith in a democracy worth defending.” 

Berne board must restore trust with the citizens it serves

Had the board looked into Joel Willsey’s claims and addressed them rather than mocking or dismissing them, a worker may have been given a fair chance and the town may have had a chance to right itself and follow proper protocol.

From the editor: Let’s follow the example of these food-stamp recipients

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

“If they don’t have hope, they have nothing left.”

Cuts that undermine our freedom from want are already underway

SNAP recipients, even if the current crisis has been resolved, will continue to lose ground as the gap in our country between the haves and the have-nots continues to widen.

‘Let’s prove that, when the systems fail, people don’t’

We felt a sense of great irony on Halloween as we started writing this editorial.