Four days after the death of white supremacist and Christian nationalist Charlie Kirk, members of Ignite Church in Williston held a vigil for the slain podcaster and Turning Point USA founder. While this particular event is no surprise from Ignite, whose pastor was a personal friend of Kirk’s, what might surprise Vermonters is that one of the state’s highest-profile music and entertainment venues, Higher Ground, has booked an Ignite Church event for this weekend.
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In the face of ongoing genocide and starvation raging against Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli government, five members of the Vermont
Lieutenant Governor John Rodgers has been a familiar face in Vermont politics over the last two decades. He served in the Vermont House of Representatives
A year and a half ago, The Rake published “Please Shop Your Local Hellhole,” in which we highlighted local business owners, property owners, and their advocates constantly decrying business loss with sensationalist public safety concerns while also wanting your shopping dollars.
69A is a community art and gathering space on Elliot St. in downtown Brattleboro. Originally started in January as a hub for arts events and mutual aid distributions, it has since blossomed into a diverse community center with daily drop-in hours where all are welcome.
For many in Burlington’s LGBTQ+ and progressive communities, Baird’s reputation is not just one of solidarity, but of betrayal.
Vermont’s Department of Children and Families violated the rights of a Vermont woman by surveilling her, interfering with her medical care, and taking her newborn from her before the woman was even able to hold her child, according to a recent lawsuit.
Burlington City Council Votes to Force Relocation of Food Not Cops: Will the Mayor Go Along with it?
On May 9, an “Open Letter from Burlington Small Business Owners” was distributed to city officials and local news media, along with a companion Change.org
Mohsen Mahdawi, the Columbia graduate student who was captured by the Department of Homeland Security on April 14 in an attempt to deport him despite his green card status and not having been charged with any crime, was released from federal custody this morning after a hearing at the federal courthouse in Burlington.
Hundreds of people packed the streets around the federal courthouse building in Burlington Monday morning in support of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University graduate student residing in the U.S. on an F-1 student visa.
Yesterday, Vermonters rallied outside the Federal courthouse in Burlington, demanding the release of Columbia University student and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.
For much of last year, community members across Vermont have been working to put the Apartheid-free Communities Pledge on their local ballots for Town Meeting
A recent records request reveals a startling level of communication and coordination between Brattleboro Police and Hank Poitras, a right-wing video blogger. The documents from
On Saturday, author Ta-Nehisi Coates spoke to a packed audience at the Flynn Center, part of Burlington’s annual Black Experience festival. Burlington was the last
Organized by FreeHer Vermont, attendees braved the chilly Saturday afternoon holding signs and chanting “No more fear, no more hate, no more prisons in our state.”
On-campus unions demanded that university administrators uphold policies and procedures to protect marginalized and vulnerable members of the campus community.
Unlike Burlington, Winooski City Council is letting voters decide on the issue.
Officers, from the beat cops to the top brass, have managed to undermine their own institution in ways that no protest at the height of the George Floyd uprisings could have done.
On Monday night, Burlington City Council voted on whether to allow the Apartheid Free Burlington ballot question to appear on March’s Town Meeting Day ballot for the second time in as many years.
Among the many immediate local concerns for Vermont residents and the Trump administration is the threat of deportation of migrant workers.