Marc Bernard Schauber is the executive director of the Coalition for Vermont Student Equity. "Please be in touch with your questions, concerns and suggestions," he writes to potential voters in the ...

MARLBORO-In February, an asylum seeker family was detained by Customs & Border Patrol near the Vermont-Canada border. After 30 hours' detention with little to eat or drink and nowhere to sleep, the ...

BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political extremists are gutting the public institutions that everyday Americans rely on, undermining the rule ...

WESTMINSTER-Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA) has launched its Community Needs Survey, designed to gather input from as many people as possible across Windham and Windsor counties. "We ...

PUTNEY-The Democrats' recent capitulation on the debt ceiling is a pretty good illustration of why the party lost the last election. Republicans needed Democratic help to pass another continuing ...

BRATTLEBORO-As an alumnus of Columbia College who participated in the historic 1968 student strike against the university's complicity in the Vietnam war, I'm both deeply troubled and ashamed of my ...

WEST BRATTLEBORO-A thank you to Tim Hayes for his thoughtful and thorough article on potentials for the Democratic Party. I would just like to complement his concept of a "shadow cabinet" by ...

Falling is a serious risk for older adults in Vermont. It's also one that can be easily mitigated with specific preventative measures. The Southeastern Vermont Medical Reserve Corps is a ...

WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives to voice their opinion on a bill. Our family consists of both Democrats and Republicans, so I kept my ...

BRATTLEBORO-Throughout the month of April, River Gallery School will exhibit "Places We Know: Local Landscapes in Watercolor" by Louise Zak, in Gallery 34 on Main Street. The show will include the ...

PUTNEY-Did you know that the first person in the United States to receive recurring monthly Social Security retirement checks was a Vermonter? Ida May Fuller of Ludlow started receiving benefits in ...

BRATTLEBORO-Local activists are gearing up for a downtown march and rally on April 5, part of a nationwide protest against the Trump administration. "This mass mobilization day is our message to the ...