Jason Velázquez

We speak with Peggy Kern and Mohammed Memfis about the s low pace of real progress on criminal justice reform.

We speak with Laura Mancusi Britton and Jacqueline Velez of Lydia Wood,
Field Organizer with Western Mass Area Labor Federation, about the Massachusetts FAIR SHARE act, the growing strength of Labor, and a recent victory against a biomass plant in the Pioneer Valley.

Steve and Jay speak with Andrew Art about the D.I.R.E. Committee, the search for a new police chief and town manager, and the future of Williamstown in general.

Sonya Bykofsky, head of the Lenox Dems talks about the Gus Bickford Saga, and Andrew Farnitano discusses the Fair Share Amendment.

We had no planned guests this week, so mostly we ran down Steve's predictions for the Biden's First 100 Days. He did pretty well. We did have our first spontaneous call-in, though!

Today we’ve got interviews with Kevin Yang, Editor-in-Chief of the Williams Record; Arthur De Bow, Cultural District Coordinator for the City of North Adams, Joseph Smith, a parent from North Adams who really has been a one-man army for truth and transparency in the City's educational system during the pandemic; and Nico White, former candidate

This week we speak with Wade Hasty, candidate for Williamstown Select Board, as well as our own Steve Dew, who is running for a spot on the Housing Authority.

Listeners got in touch with us to say that they listened to our conversation with Rinaldo Del Gallo III in Episode 108, and felt compelled to respond. We obliged.

Rinaldo Del Gallo is organizing a combined vigil for slain Capitol Police Officer
Billy Evans and "Support the Blue" demonstration on Saturday in North Adams

Today, we have two guests on the TLC—Jeffrey Johnson is running for a three-year term on the Williamstown Select Board. Amanda Tobin discusses the unionization effort at MASS MoCA.