Excellent article, thanks! Do you think Hillary Clinton asked Patrick Leahy to be vice president or secretary of state?
Emily Hallock is a patient care technician at Brattleboro Retreat. She originally posted this piece...
WEST BRATTLEBORO-Free the drugs. I suggest the state of Vermont offers free drugs administered by...
PUTNEY-The Jim Jeffords ("I didn't leave the party, the party left me") solution: The U.S.
MIDDLEBURY-CCM Holland Mills' letter itself is filled with untrue statements and harmful rhetoric, which I,
This was not a typical candidates forum, the candidates at the forum were not typical candidates, and the questions presented to them were not typical queries about potholes and property taxes. Those were the takeaways from the Feb. 23 Selectboard Candidates Forum at the Brattleboro Municipal Center. Put together by Green Mountain Crossroads, Post Oil Solutions, Vermont Workers Center, 350.org Brattleboro, Rights & Democracy, Groundworks Collaborative, and Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity, the two-hour forum was heavy on social-justice...
In this Women's History Month - especially on March 8, International Women's Day - my mind and heart fill with thoughts of women and girls around the world. Having worked globally, I have witnessed women's lives, heard their stories, seen their grief, abuse, and abject poverty. I have been at the side of women when they gave birth or lost a baby, strong and stoic, and watched more fortunate women advocate for, educate, and comfort their poorer village friends. Whether...
“The Rich Get Richer: How Our Quest to Accumulate Wealth has Divided America” will be the topic of a conversation between author/journalist Michael Mechanic and local author and campaigner Chuck Collins, at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, Aug. 3, at 118 Elliot, 118 Elliot St. Since Mechanic and Collins share overlapping interests, “their dialogue about the surprising advantages and pitfalls of wealth hoarding promises to be as lively as it is informative,” event organizers write in a news release. This event...
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