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Voices

Thanks for the hard work

By
Vickie Jaslove Case
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 — Issue 370

BRATTLEBORO — Great coverage of a terrific event! Thank you to the Brattleboro Chamber, and specifically to Kate O'Connor and Greg Lesch, for all of their hard work on the recent governor's debate!

Voices

Planet Hank is at our door

By
Anne Henshaw

Anne Henshaw is an independent educational consultant and advocate for disability rights. CHESTER-On Oct. 18,

Danger to the Constitution

By
Laurie Goldman

TRENTON, MAINE-Jo Schneiderman's piece on self-censorship is one of the most important and precise framings...

We must do more to stop U.S. complicity in Gaza

By
Steve Wangh

BRATTLEBORO-Our senators, Peter Welch and Bernie Sanders, and our Representative, Becca Balint, have been in...

Sweat and ash: the spirit of community in Windham

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Michael Pelton

Michael Pelton, a farm owner and operator and engaged community member, serves on the Windham...

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Retreat union, management square off

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 — Issue 565

Donning masks and holding handouts, a group of community members joined former and current Brattleboro Retreat staff at a rally on the Town Common last week. The United Nurses & Allied Professionals Union, Local 5086, held the June 4 gathering to highlight concerns it has about staffing at the psychiatric hospital. Specifically, the union members who spoke say that being among these ranks has “put a target on our backs” and has led to unfair firings of several key union...

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Voices

Look beyond raising short-term interest rates as a response to inflation

By
Matthew Sharff
Wednesday, March 23, 2022 — Issue 656

In the wake of the Federal Reserve Board's recent decision to raise short-term interest rates (and indications that they plan to further raise rates over the coming year), I am concerned that our national conversation about responses to inflation has been unduly constrained. Among the many possible responses to rising inflation (specifically, the demand-induced inflation we are currently experiencing because of excess liquidity, or “too many dollars chasing too few goods”), there are two main possibilities: Option A: Raise interest...

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Arts

Northern Roots music festival returns

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 — Issue 597

The annual Northern Roots Traditional Music Festival (NRF) will return - virtually - for its 14th year on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 30 and 31. The event once again will showcase northern musical traditions, including Irish, Scottish, French Canadian, New England and, this year, Swedish and Shetland. A series of Saturday daytime workshops will be followed by an evening concert while Sunday's schedule wraps up the weekend with three popular sessions. The festival will feature both returning and new performers,

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