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...
The Brattleboro Town District School Board held a public meeting Oct. 22, and the public packed the room. Parents, community members, and teachers past and present filled the meeting room on the second floor of the Brattleboro Food Co-op. More than 20 people spoke at the meeting, and the speakers' experiences of the Brattleboro town schools varied. Some fell at the rah-rah-best-place-ever end of the spectrum. Experiences at the opposite end of the spectrum etched lines of anxiety across the...
The Latchis Theatre announces the return of its Off the Beaten Path film series, which showcases recent films that might have slipped under the radar but are worth seeing. The series, presented with the Brattleboro Film Festival, continues each weekend through Jan. 3 and 4, 2015, with films for a variety of tastes, including a wickedly funny psychodrama, a timely comedy-drama about the issue of race, and an absorbing and deeply personal documentary about surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden. “We love...
Our photographic project “Nursing Is Normal” consists of portraits of mothers breastfeeding their children. The premise for this project is that the more something is seen, the more normal it becomes. In the last century, breastfeeding fell out of favor, thanks to the so-called advances of science pertaining to infant nutrition. When formula was introduced, it was marketed to families as superior to breast milk. Women were made to feel like their milk was not as nutritionally sound. Eventually, the...
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