Rebecca Jones

Democracy is an active sport. Nobody is benched; everybody is needed.

Democracy is an active sport. Nobody is benched; everybody is needed.

We are at a crossroads, or at rock bottom, or at the most important election of our lives.

Trump's presidency has shown us that, as much as it is scary to push for change, when we don't do so, things change anyway. Unfairness and imbalance have a way of building until we stand together to make them stop.

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Considering health, climate change in the same deep breath

State experts argue that global warming not only will affect our health, but already is doing so

On Oct. 8, I made the trek from Brattleboro to Burlington to hear how Vermont will tackle the health effects of climate change. As a physician deeply concerned about climate change and all its impacts, I was thrilled that Vermont is forward-thinking enough to commit resources to such an...

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