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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.
Thousands of Vermonters marched through downtown Burlington to the waterfront to participate in the Burlington Pride Festival and Parade last weekend. Dozens of local vendors,
On a warm July day, Greisy Mejia and her two young children entered the Department of Homeland Security’s St. Albans field office. She was told to expect a meeting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for a routine check-in to confirm custody of her children and possibly get her ankle monitor removed. Instead, she and her children were immediately detained and, the next day, deported to Honduras.
Amid School Funding & Flood Relief Crises, the State Wants a $70 Million New Women’s Prison in Essex
The Vermont Department of Corrections has announced that it will move ahead with plans to pursue two sites for a new women’s prison in Essex, estimated to cost the state $70 million to complete and take 10 years to build.