PUTNEY — I am so grateful for this commentary, which names the unreasonable, but terribly powerful, fear - of a tyrannical government actually disarming citizens - behind so many opponents of gun-safety laws.
Jonathan Elwell organizes with Vermont Just Justice, an organization whose mission is "to promote the...
Elizabeth Bridgewater is executive director of the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust. BRATTLEBORO-Every April, communities...
Libby Bennett and Rita Ramirez submitted this piece on behalf of Groundworks Collaborative, where they...
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues from the...
A national bird-protection organization says the proposed Stiles Brook Wind Project “poses an unacceptably high risk” to some species, including a rare thrush that has been considered for endangered species status. In an Oct. 20 letter to the chairs of the Windham and Grafton selectboards, the American Bird Conservancy argues that the planned construction of 24 turbines in the 5,000-acre forest “is a potential threat to migratory and resident birds and bats” that frequent the area. If the project is...
Shortly after the release of the new Ghostbusters movie, actress Leslie Jones was met with a tidal wave of hate speech on Twitter. The reboot, which features an all-female leading cast, has been criticized by anti-feminist groups for ruining the nostalgia of the 1984 original. Jones, a tall black woman, was targeted with racial slurs long thought eradicated - terms that shouldn't even be reprinted. The volume of tweets sent in her direction was attributed to Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos's...
Readsboro Arts presents The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow in concert, with a special screening of the award-winning short documentary about the group, as part of the Readsboro Arts Summer Concert Series in the historic EJ Bullock Building, 7012 Main St., on Saturday, Aug. 15, at 8 p.m. The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow brings together five Massachusetts singer-songwriters sharing the stage and performing one another's songs together, combining traditional folk and blues with contemporary folk-rock. The Roadshow is Greg Smith from Charlemont, Tory...
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