Young Writers Project: ‘My mother: the Earth’
“Florida Fisherman,” by Elise Ryan, YWP Media Library Young Writers Project is a creative online community of teen writers, photographers and artists, which has been based in Vermont since 2006.…
On this day in 1925
MAY 19, 1925 In this 1963 photo, civil rights leader Malcolm X speaks to reporters in Washington. Credit: Associated Press Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska. When…
Marshall Ramsey: Muzzled
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88 piano keys, 252 places: Why this Vermonter is hitting the high notes from Alburgh to Vernon
University of Vermont music professor David Feurzeig is aiming to perform a free concert in every one of the state’s 252 municipalities in his “Play Every Town Project.” Photo by…
Then Again: Vermont and New Hampshire, a long rivalry
New Hampshire’s colonial governor Benning Wentworth started a feud with New York when he issued grants to scores of towns in what is today Vermont. Wentworth’s goal had been to…
Medicare should include dental coverage, dentists tell U.S. Senate panel
Dr. Brian Jeffrey Swann, who is on the board of directors for Remote Area Medical and practices dentistry in Tennessee, told a U.S. Senate committee about low-income people who drive…
To be a Black man in America
A police car blocks entry onto the Hernando DeSoto Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee Tuesday night, May 11, 2021. A crack was discovered on the Hernando DeSoto bridge Tuesday. Traffic has…
Abortion ballot measures could lift Dems in U.S. House races, campaign chief says
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Suzan DelBene speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 19, 2023. DelBene spoke to reporters Friday, May 17, 2024, about how…
Biden administration seeks to speed some asylum cases with new immigration docket
Asylum seekers board a bus en route to a shelter in New York City on May 18, 2023. The Biden administration announced changes Thursday, May 16, 2024, meant to speed…
This Alternative Method Of Demolishing Structures Could Help Honolulu Avoid A Landfill Crisis
Honolulu is considering how to promote deconstruction and re-use of the materials from buildings that are being torn down, an idea that has already caught on in other cities.