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BRATTLEBORO-I have lived in Vermont for 57 years and have voted during 53 of them. This is the first time I have been excited about a governor's race.
At at time when there is so much criticizing of political opponents, Amanda Janoo is a breath of fresh air. She has the ability to be both realistic and hopeful, spending her energy coming up with creative solutions rather than getting angry about what hasn't been done.
At her meetings, she solicits suggestions from the audience about what has worked in each community. She generates hope based on what Vermonters have to offer rather than working from a deficit/fear model. She listens and truly cares.
I'm fed up with political leaders of both parties who are out of touch with working people and just support their rich buddies. Amanda is the opposite. She was born and raised in Vermont. Her loyalty is to Vermonters, especially to those whose lives are unaffordable. Like many of her generation, she can't afford to buy a house here, yet she chose to live here because she loves Vermont.
That summer. We were in our glory then, spilling out into the streets, cropping up like dandelions, disheveled like young puppies, hairy and floppy. There was a war going on across the world, and we had arrived at a little Vermont town with a cumbersome name. It was 1973.
More than once now, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has lumped together the millionaire and billionaire candidates on the debate stage, proudly claiming that he is the only person on the stage who is neither. Let us look at the real difference between millionaires and billionaires. Here is one...
Many people are upset about the panhandlers in town these days. Some people presume this is a result of laziness on the part of these folks. Some moral defect, perhaps. I have some thoughts about this and some questions to ask. I hope you will consider these with an open mind. We are all dealt a different hand of cards in the game of life. Have you seen the other person's hand? Do you know what they have been given,
My Nana Lekas sacrificed all she knew and all she was in order that her children could become Americans. She knew that she herself would never become one, though she lived in this country 67 of her 89 years and came over on the boat when she was merely 22. When Nana worked as a maid in a wealthy Boston suburb, she would come back to her children - my mother and aunts - and present the new ways of...
It was 1968. My high-school boyfriend John and I were hanging out in Harvard Square, talking. We were standing on a street corner saying our goodbyes for the day when a police car pulled up next to us. The officer got out of his car and walked toward us. “We have a report that you're loitering,” the officer said. “Funny,” I thought. “Everyone loiters in Harvard Square. In fact, Harvard Square is all about loitering!” Then, much to my surprise,
