Covid and the Military
By H. Patricia Hynes June 2020. Dispatch #4 on Covid Published in Informed Comment On May 18, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched a Salvation Army-like charity drive asking the public for donations of…
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My Turn – Saturday Coverage was impressive but…
June 2, 2020 Monday morning (June 1), The Recorder had impressive front-page coverage of the Saturday morning GHS Graduation and parade, the Tuesday Mahar ‘virtual’ Graduation and Friday parade, as well as the afternoon rally…
20th Annual Peacemaker Awards Announced
For two decades, The Interfaith Council of Franklin County and Traprock Center for Peace and Justice have honored teens from Franklin County for accomplishments within their communities, whether in their schools, churches or a wider…
Solving dual crises of COVID-19 and climate change
MY TURN, published in the Greenfield Recorder, June 3, 2020 By H. PATRICIA HYNES We are living with two lifethreatening crises: COVID-19 and the climate crisis. They pose a common fate for us humans —…
Women Have Risen to Heroic Heights During Covid-19
Yet, the global pandemic in physical and sexual violence against women continues unabated and worsened during the coronavirus pandemic. Published by Common Dreams and the Recorder, May 2020 by H. Patricia Hynes Women have risen…
COVID-19: The ‘great equalizer’?
By H. PATRICIA HYNES Published in the Recorder, May 19, 2020 There is a meme circulating in this time of pandemic that we are all in this together, that COVID-19 is, as New…
Traprock board member honored
Traprock board member honored Pat Hynes, Director, Traprock Center for Peace and Justice We are delighted that our newest, and youngest, board of directors member, Hailee Galandak-Cochran, was one of three local community college students…
It’s up to us to make a change
It’s up to us to make a change Letter to the Editor, by Diana Roberts, Greenfield published in the Greenfield Recorder, May 5, 2020 I am very tired of double standards. Back in 2015, I…
Remembering the first Earth Day
Remembering the first Earth Day By Pat Hynes MY TURN editorial, Greenfield Recorder, April 23, 2020 On Earth Day 1970, 20 million people took to the streets in what was the largest political demonstration in…
Local Earth Day Activists Adjust to “Double Crisis”
Local Earth Day Activists Adjust to “Double Crisis” By Anna Gyorgy Published in the Montague Reporter, April 23, 2020 FRANKLIN COUNTY – Wednesday was Earth Day, and the 50th anniversary of the first mega-environmental demonstrations…