Targeting the news won’t solve our problems

Citizens have a responsibility to read, to listen to, to look for, and to embrace news from sources that will widen their perspectives and understanding. After all, since it is the people who hold sovereign power in our democracy, they must not be like King Tigranes and listen only to those with whom they agree. They must not kill the messengers — the journalists who tell the truth.

‘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.

Make a stand for democracy — vote

At a time when most of us are caught up in the maelstrom of national politics, it is essential to reflect on the government that most affects our day-to-day lives.

If you want your body to benefit others after your death, you need to act now

In New York state alone, there are currently almost 8,500 people who need a lifesaving organ transplant.

The empty chair

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Five days after Gary’s death, I still, without thinking, put the sports section at his place when I bring in the morning paper. I get out his tea mug when I turn on the kettle. And so the day goes.

Find and define the invisible women who shaped our culture and history

We are now at a point in our nation’s history where the federal government is purposefully erasing the struggles and triumphs of minorities and of women.