Social Issues

Author Bill Corbett

Bill Corbett, Award-Winning Author of Love, Limits, & Lessons: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Cooperative Kids discusses children’s media habits.  Researchers have revealed that 30 minutes or more of screen time for children increases the flow of dopamine...

Father Bill Pomerleau

Father Bill Pomerleau, Pastor, Sacred Heart of Mary Parish, Springfield discusses the continuing re-action to the election of Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as...

Lying Online

Psychology Professor Robert Feldman, Dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at UMass Amherst,  discusses his paper “Liar, Liar, Hard Drive on Fire: How Media Context Affects Lying Behavior” and his finding that people are more likely to lie in...

Drug Drop-Off Boxes

People in Western Mass who want to get rid of old bottles of prescription drugs will now have an easier time of it.  Permanent drop-off boxes have been established at 15 police stations in Hampshire and Franklin counties. Northwestern D.A. David Sullivan and Chris...

Life with Monte: First Book

Children’s author and illustrator, Mo Willems visited the Peck Full Service Community School in Holyoke on Tuesday, Feb 26 to give brand-new books to kids in need. First Book a nonprofit organization, that connects book publishers and community organizations to...

YMCA of Greater Springfield

Kirk Smith, President & CEO of the YMCA of Greater Springfield, discusses the regional activities and impact of YMCA of Greater Springfield and how that organization is uniquely capable of taking a regional...

Open Pantry Community Services

Candace Larger, Program Director for the Emergency Food Pantry at Open Pantry Community Services in Springfield, discusses the services available through Open Pantry and the high demand for assistance in these tough...

Valley Radio Reading Service

Director Margaret “Peg” O’Donnell will discuss the work of the Valley Radio Reading Service, in which newspapers,  store ads and other print materials a re read and broadcast for blind or vision-impaired...

Center for Women

The Center for Women and Community (CWC) at UMass Amherst ( formerly known as the Everywoman’s Center) is marking it’s 40th anniversary. CWC Co-Director Becky Lockwood and Hind Mari, Director of the Women of Color Leadership Network, discuss this...

Kane’s Krusade

Kane’s Krusade: Kim George and her dog Kane work with the MSPCA and Thomas J. O’Connor shelter to help families in financial straights keep and care for their dogs, with a CARE (Canine Assistance Resources and Education)...

Holocaust Museum

A local antique collector and appraiser is delving into his vast collection of World War II memorabilia to open a Holocaust museum. Darrell English of North Adams has opened his 650-square-foot space at 45 Eagle St in North Adams. He is displaying as many as 400...