Valley Advocate

Hey, Trump: Labor Secretary Should Champion Workers President-elect Trump just selected Andrew Puzder as his nominee for Secretary of Labor. Unfortunately, as the CEO of...

Easthampton author Ruth Sanderson says she has nearly lost track of the number of children’s picture books she has published over the past three...

The Warm FuzziesWe each do a lot of thinking about ourselves this time of year — what didn’t we get around to in 2016, and...

The marketing teams of white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups have been busy. Rather than give up their hateful views — misogyny, racism, anti-Semitism —...

I came out as a marijuana enthusiast to my family when I was 16 and fell on my mother. Late at night, I had...

Sarah Waters’ 2002 novel Fingersmith is a gothic mystery-romance set in Victorian England. It’s a tale of devious crime, illicit love and cascading betrayals,...

We’re back with our weekly Advocate chats. Everyone was pretty busy, but we managed to say a few words about marijuana, weed, Mary Jane....

The Big Sway at The Still • Saturday Funky jam band The Big Sway are headed back to The Still for a night two sets...

Malls reached peak radicalness in the ’80s, but we still love them. Yes, the crowds, prices, and parking can get on your nerves, but...

American gangsters traditionally use euphemisms and nicknames (“Chin,” “The Nose”) to disguise criminal activities, but among details revealed at a November murder trial in...