This letter essentially argues that taxing the rich will hurt the poor.
Of course! It's long been wise to let the bullies bully and let the thieves steal.
Anything thing else is dangerous optimism.
BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
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...
A 25-foot section of the world's largest eight-color rainbow flag will hang on the M&T Bank building on the corner of Main and Elliot streets, beginning with its unfurling on Wednesday, Aug. 2, at 3 p.m. The Sacred Cloth Project of Key West, Florida, whose director, Mark Ebenhoch, is a part-time resident and property owner near Brattleboro, manages Section 93, the best known segment of the historic banner, which will remain on the building at 100 Main St. through Aug.
“Suspended Disbelief,” a showing of new works by Jana Zeller, goes on exhibit at Gallery in the Woods for November with an opening reception on Friday, Nov. 5, from 5 to 7 p.m. This new body of work has been created since the start of the COVID-19 lockdown. As described in a news release, “It explores the atmosphere of abandoned theater spaces, the presence of another world within our world, and ghostly appearances attempting to connect with our surroundings.” “Each...
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues from the earliest days of this newspaper. Remember the outcry when we realized that prior Republican administrations, national and state, cared about children but only from conception to birth? It's looking like déjà vu all over again with millions of children in this wealthy country going hungry. As The New York Times noted in a January article, more than eight million kids in 13 states are about...
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