Author Archives: Meg Ash

(Editors note: On July 25, a planned rally to protest immigrant detentions at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility was faced with a counter protest. See a portion of the profanity-laced confrontation here.) Jake Lang takes himself very seriously. The vest, the vibes, the shouted slurs- some familiar, some requiring a quick google- the tools of […]

Every month, an official committee of the Town of Plymouth sits down in Town Hall to make this a more welcoming place. I have sat in that room as an associate member. The committee is not idle, per se. It manages a social-justice book collection at the library, has hosted speaker series, and organizes an […]

Let’s be honest: Islamophobia has long been normalized in American society – quietly tolerated, rarely challenged, and too often dismissed as someone else’s problem. But in today’s toxic political climate, it’s getting worse. Here in Plymouth, that normalization has erupted into open hostility, visible both in local Facebook and social media spaces and in real-life […]