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Voices

A happy ending

By
Marizza Aguirre
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 — Issue 313

Thank you for sharing this story full of tears and love. I am happy for the happy ending.

Voices

With the right support, refugees in rural Vermont can thrive

By
Pablo Bose and Thomas Huddleston

Pablo Bose is a professor in the Department of Geography and Geosciences at the University...

Representative Town Meeting works for a town the size of Brattleboro

By
Rebecca Bartlett

BRATTLEBORO-I have lived and voted in Brattleboro for 45 years, and I am writing about...

The wonder of paradox

By
Meg Mott

Meg Mott is professor emerita of Marlboro College and Emerson College and describes herself as...

Editing words about war, and our great divide

By
Jeff Potter

Jeff Potter has edited The Commons since 2008 and has been working in and around...

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News

Lots of jobs, if you have the skills

By
Randolph T. Holhut and Jeff Potter
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 — Issue 397

The conventional wisdom had held that there are few jobs that pay a living wage in the state of Vermont, and that has driven young people out of the state. The reality, according to a new job list compiled by the Vermont Department of Labor and the J. Warren and Lois McClure Foundation, is that there are thousands of high-paying, high-demand jobs that now or will soon exist in Vermont. There is one catch, however. These jobs require training and/or...

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Voices

Act 127 is good law, and long overdue

By
Coalition for Vermont Student Equity
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 — Issue 767

DOVER-Vermont stands as a beacon of community values. Yet beneath this facade, our education system has harbored inequities for decades that undermine these very principles. Enter Act 127-a legislative commitment to Vermont's constitutional guarantee of equity, opportunity, and fairness for every child in our state. However well-intentioned, Vermont's education funding system has inadvertently perpetuated inequities across our diverse landscapes. Rural, impoverished, and diverse districts have borne the brunt of this outdated model, and have struggled to provide the same level...

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Arts

Ambient music composer William Basinski to perform at Epsilon Spires

Wednesday, September 14, 2022 — Issue 681

On Saturday, Sept. 17, the ambient musician William Basinski will play pieces from his 2019 album On Time Out of Time at the multimedia arts venue Epsilon Spires. Opening for Basinski will be minimalist composer, John Also Bennett, who will perform work from his forthcoming album Out There in the Middle of Nowhere. Bennett conceived of the music he will play at Epsilon Spires while he was camping at the Badlands National Park in South Dakota. “This album primarily uses...

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