Opposition to Vermont Yankee is more like a religion than a war.
Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
Some examples of questions used by U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service to assess the food security of households in the U.S, in 2022: • "We worried whether our food would run out before we got money to buy more." Was that often, sometimes, or never true for you in the last 12 months? • "The food that we bought just didn't last, and we didn't have money to get more." Was that often, sometimes, or never true for...
Brattleboro Music Center Artistic Advisors Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson welcome two colleagues with thorough Vermont connections for a collaborative performance on Sunday, April 28, at 4 p.m. at the BMC. Husband and wife violinist Soovin Kim and pianist Gloria Chien join Laredo and Robinson for this special Chamber Music Series concert featuring two unassailable quartets for piano and strings. The two couples will present Quartet in E-flat Major by Mozart and Quartet in C minor by Gabriel Fauré. Kim...
I have been told that if I don't vote for Hillary Clinton, a person whose policies, character, and likely governing style I detest, then I am: 1. Enabling fascism, 2. Indifferent to the needs of vulnerable groups like minorities, women, LGBTQ, et al., 3. Selfish, irresponsible, and having a tantrum, 4. Showing my white privilege, 5. An assh-, 6. Insults, guilt trips, and other verbal slams. I'm told that voting for a third party is a “luxury” when we're faced...
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