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...
It took a couple of amendments and a defeated paper ballot request, but 65 voters who turned out for Special Town Meeting Dec. 7 have agreed to buy about 21 acres of land for $450,000 to use as a town gravel pit. Voters also agreed to borrow up to $600,000 to cover the purchase price and attendant costs for the parcel, owned by Paul Belogour, at Radway Hill and River roads. Selectboard member Ann Golob explained that the option to...
Current and recent artwork by mixed media artist Alyssa Hinton explores her indigenous heritage, especially her Tuscaroran ancestry, in a new exhibit at the C.X. Silver Gallery in West Brattleboro. Three years in the making, her “Earth Altar” was inspired by Native American astronomy, cosmology, and earth spirituality, and by traditional hide garments. Symbolizing the revival of indigenous culture and the unity and interdependence between humans and the universe, the five pieces of the Altar are an octagonal medicine wheel...
When I was a child, I was taught about women's suffrage and women working for the ability to do the same things as men. I was told that things (by themselves, it seemed) were gradually getting better. But here we are today, and patriarchy is as strong as ever. The feminist movement has some serious reflecting to do. We need to stop putting our energy into small victories that benefit only a privileged few and that can be rolled back...
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