Unexplained delays continue to hold up PCB cancer study
The state’s Department of Public Health has again pushed off release of a Housatonic Region cancer study it began in 2021.
Bill Shein
Prime Day: The Final Segmentation
“No, Amazon Prime Day is not a religious holiday. It’s an annual sales event created by Amazon for its Prime members. While it’s become a major shopping event, it doesn’t have any religious significance.”—Google Gemini A.I., in response to the question, “Is Amazon Prime Day
The Uncertainty Machine
Concerned about PCB exposure and cancer, in January 2021, members of the Pittsfield City Council asked the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for an updated cancer-incidence study. After more than four years, they're still waiting. But when results are finally released, will they even matter?
Argus acquired for $1 billion in stunning all-cash deal
From scrappy little newsletter producing in-depth journalism to something ... different.
Taking a stand for free expression and the free press
No one should be arrested or deported for publishing an op-ed.
NOTED: Advancing storm clouds darken ‘Sunshine Week’
With government transparency and press freedom under attack in Washington, a timely look at a little-known Great Barrington story from the nineteen thirties.
Will Trump’s January 6ᵗʰ pardons absolve a pipe bomber?
With conspiracy-minded leadership installed at the F.B.I., and federal prosecutors now broadly applying the president’s controversial pardon, will a still-unidentified bomber escape justice?