VERNON — Water should be for everyone.
When some people poison water, it affects a community's health, and when some people own water, it means others won't have enough.
Some people think that water should not be for everyone, but I think that's wrong. I think all of this evidence shows that water should be free for everyone - because water might get taken away from you and me.
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...
It's a new week, folks, and if you're reading this, you're above ground, and if you're above ground, you get to experience more life and more weather! Starting Wednesday and lasting into at least Thursday, the hottest and most muggy air of the season will be foisted upon us, whether we're ready or not. High pressure will dominate our weather and foster a mostly sunny Wednesday, with highs in the mid-80s in the mountains to the lower 90s in valley...
Following is an open letter to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vermont): While the debate rages over whether the U.S. legislature has the right and responsibility to impose the code of ethics that binds other government institutions on Supreme Court appointees, I have come up with a simple solution that has the privilege of being uniquely designed for the highest-court-in-the-land officers, so venerated that we appoint them for life with no legally structured accountability other than the embarrassing and energy-intensive process...
The Vermont Theatre Company presents On the Verge, Eric Overmeyer's feminist time-traveling adventure - a kaleidoscopic journey through time as three intrepid women explorers search for a Terra Incognita, where they will find meaning, love, and Cool Whip. On The Verge was first produced in 1985. Since then, several theater companies in the United States, such as Baltimore's Center Stage, the Hartford Stage, and Boston's Central Square Theater, have produced it. Overmeyer was the story editor of the popular television...
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