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Featured Articles:
The BearCat Next Door
One high-profile tool used in federal immigration enforcement is manufactured in the Berkshires. Few seem eager to talk about it.
The Uncertainty Machine: A Story of PCBs, Cancer, and Doubt
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 health study of cancer in Pittsfield. After more than four years, they’re still waiting. But when results are finally released, will they even matter?
Doing the Job
Paramedics, EMTs, and the Crisis in Rural EMS
After Three Fatal Crashes
A report from a crosswalk in Great Barrington.