BRATTLEBORO — A ban on sale of assault weapons would be good.
A ban on sale of votes by Congress would be better.
Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
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GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
As the federal government works to come up with new rules for decommissioning nuclear plants like Vermont Yankee, U.S. Rep. Peter Welch can distill his hopes into two words. “We're trying to say over and over again - 'community involvement, community involvement, community involvement,'” said Welch, D-Vt. Welch doesn't believe the nuclear industry has the same goals. That's why he and 14 other federal lawmakers - including Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. - have sent a letter...
The arts industry is no different from any other industry when it comes to gender equity. In the traditionally male-dominated fields of music production, engineering, lights and sound, tour management, and stage management, still only a small percentage of women end up in these roles. In 2022, 30% of artists on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-End chart were women, an increase over 2021's 23.3%. That's according to a 2023 study by Stacy L. Smith, an associate professor of communication at...
Neither the victims nor the perpetrators of the alleged anti-Semitic program at local schools are identified in the letter. Because the conversation revolved around the Palestinian struggles, I'm wondering if criticism of the state of Israel's policies and practices is not being confused with anti-Semitism. This is an old tactic designated to divert criticism of the state. Another canard is that Jews critical of Israel are self-hating. The British government designated Palestine as a Jewish state. This was called the...
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