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If you own or work at a Vermont consulting practice that focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusiveness (DEI), climate change, or ethnic affa…
You may know I have been inspired by a farmer in North Dakota named Gabe Brown. He has rediscovered some of what our Native American forebeare…
For the first time in a long time, I’m feeling optimistic. The American Rescue Plan Act (ARP), passed by Congress and signed on March 11 by Pr…
Simplicity, equity, and let’s-just-call-it-what-it-is.
What if I told you that there was something you could do to improve your child’s chances of success, health, and happiness? It only takes 5-10 minutes each day. Plus, it is easy and fun. You would be immediately interested. There is an activity that meets this description. It’s reading with …
It certainly is getting more and more difficult to identify the GOP with anything remotely resembling family values. Images of apple pies and refrains of “God Bless America” don’t come to mind when every senate Republican voted against a stimulus bill designed to provide a lifeline to desper…
Editor’s note: This commentary is from a 10-part series examining some of the most pressing issues in Vermont today. The authors are responding to the topics identified in a draft “Proposition for the Future of Vermont” developed by the non-partisan Vermont Council on Rural Development. VCRD…
If you were born and raised in New England, you most likely have been involved in a conversation that went something like this: “My ancestors came over on the Mayflower and we were one of the first settlers of America.” As I’m probably older than you I’ve had, or heard, this conversation doz…
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Quickly mass-producing and widely distributing a vaccine that’s effective against a novel viral pandemic is a herculean task that, fortunately…
Judging from the news coming out of half the legislative halls of America, you would think that the biggest problem facing women’s sports hasn…
Congress invited predatory for-profit colleges to bleed military veterans of education aid — and give them nothing in return — when it wrote a…
Everyone wants to get out from under COVID, and it can’t happen soon enough. The way back to normal is through vaccinations — that is, not onl…
The grim reality of modern American life is that each new mass killing leads to a fevered study of motives and meaning. Was the latest shooter…
The sharing economy, from taking Uber rides to uploading our lives to the cloud, seems so 21st-century. But electricity has been all about net…
When the federal government started withholding income taxes from workers’ paychecks during World War II, the innovation was presented as a ma…
Among the unsettling revelations about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is the number of rioters who served in the military.
It will be a while before we get a full picture of the motives behind the shootings at three spas in the Atlanta area late Tuesday afternoon, …
Unlike government programs that create a large bureaucratic structure to administer them, the child allowance that is part of President Biden’…
Letters to the Editor
To the Editor: When I was growing up — long before Fox “News,” before the internet and its insidious conspiracy rabbit holes — daily news broa…
To the Editor: A letter appeared in the Bennington Banner recently, claiming to stand for all the women in Vermont and signed by various relig…
To the Editor: To the area clergy writing in opposition to Proposition 5, I would like to say I fully and completely accept your religious rig…
To the Editor: As our brown and yellowed lawns are emerging from under multiple feet of snow, we see the robins flocking to get those early worms.
To the Editor: A recent op-ed in this paper by Suzanna Jones stated that the Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC) is advocating for a prov…
Local religious group opposes Proposition 5
Slattery thanks Pownal voters for support
To the Editor: We are privileged to live in a constitutional democracy with a right to free speech. We have the right to exchange thoughts and…
To the Editor: Grace Winslow of Shaftsbury precisely captured the state's priorities for vaccination of indigenous, Black and people of color …
