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This article was first published on July 18, 2026 at InDepthNH. NORTH CONWAY A day before 80 demonstrations were planned outside its branches, Citizens Bank announced it would withdraw its financial support from two private corporations which operate immigrant detention centers under contract to ICE. The demonstrations went ahead, anyway. Referring to CoreCivic and GEO [ ]
Pride in the university “can’t feed our families” This article first appeared at InDepthNH on June 27, 2026. DURHAM Members of unions representing University of New Hampshire graduate students and faculty made their cases for fair contracts during a University System Board of Trustees meeting Friday at UNH in Durham. The Graduate Employees Union (GEU), affiliated [ ]
NDAA changed process for men to register with Selective Service This article first appeared in two parts in InDepthNH on April 21 and April 22. This version corrects some errors in the initial version regarding the number of draft resisters during the U.S. war in Vietnam. Young men and those who care about them would [ ]
A short story It started small. After all, Fairview was a red town in a red county in a red state. Its votes in 2024 had gone to the former president by a two to one margin. So, when a proposal was made to rename the local high school for Donald J. Trump, approval was [ ]
This article was first published on January 18, 2026 at InDepthNH. In most ways the demonstration felt familiar. Dozens of people, mostly white haired, gathered in a park with signs denouncing ICE, fascism, and Donald Trump. But their attire was a bit different from what you would find in Portsmouth on a Civil Rights [ ]
This article was first published by InDepthNH on December 4, 2025, the day baristas at 3 NH stores went on strike. The “Red Cup Rebellion” strike of Starbucks workers reached New Hampshire on December 4, when baristas set up picket lines at stores in Epping, Stratham, and Seabrook. The Stratham store, normally open until 9:00 [ ]
This article was first published on November 28 at InDepthNH, New Hampshire s non-profit, no-paywall news source. About six months ago Ellen Read chanced upon a video about a planned attempt to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip by sea. Among those who would participate were Irish parliamentarians and Read wondered, “Where are the American [ ]
This article was first published on November 26 at InDepthNH. CONCORD Upwards of 100 people gathered in front of the State House Wednesday and marched to Representative Maggie Goodlander’s Concord office to express support for the Congresswoman’s stand on the obligation of military service members to refuse illegal orders. Goodlander and five other members [ ]
This article was first published November 17, 2025 at InDepthNH, New Hampshire s non-profit, no-paywall news source. ANDOVER Donna Baker-Hartwell pulled into the parking lot behind the Andover town office at about 2:45 PM on Friday, November 15, greeted the people waiting for her, and began taking signs out of the back of her car. “Who wants [ ]
This article first appeared at InDepthNH on November 6, 2025. Liz Marshall, a senior at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, wakes early each day so she can get in her morning workout and be ready for school by 6:30 am. After school, she heads to the Starbucks store at Seabrook Crossing, where she’s been a [ ]