It’s Inclusion Week in Vermont. Established in 2021, the second week of May has become an annual reaffirmation of our state’s desire to be an inclusive and welcoming place, where people of all backgrounds — regardless of race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, …

The Vermont Creative Network recently reported that arts and culture contribute more than $1.2 billion to the Vermont economy.

Watching or reading some of the recent commencement addresses given at Vermont colleges, the message, as always, is eternal: You are the future.

Late last week, the Pentagon released what it called “new, never-before-seen” files related to unidentified flying objects, or UFOs.

Sunday is Mother’s Day — a day to celebrate the mothers in our lives and honor the role of motherhood and the varied roles of mothers in our society.

This is what the New York Times said recently about U.S. military operations in Iran:

This is what The Guardian said recently about United States’ crumbling alliances with other countries:

The is what the Philadelphia Inquirer said recently about President Trump’s plan for going to war with Iran war:

This is what the Boston Globe said recently about FBI director Kash Patel:

We’ve been getting asked a lot lately, “When is the legislative session going to end?”

The Vermont Principals’ Association has reached a settlement with Mid Vermont Christian School, agreeing to pay $566,000 over 2023 religious discrimination lawsuit, according to reports Wednesday.

In the lead-up to Green Up Day, individuals, students, groups and volunteers have been preemptively walking Vermont’s road picking up trash and litter and leaving behind stuffed lime-green bags like mile markers.

With midterm elections right around the corner, we are grateful for anyone who is working to keep voting rights intact.

The weekend provided a preview of the next few months: sunshine and plenty of activity.

Clearly, nothing good was going to come from the March 11 ICE incident in South Burlington. That was to be expected.

As more Americans in recent decades have embraced digital media over print, television and radio, we’ve seen seismic shifts in the local news landscape. New data from the Pew-Knight Initiative, a research program funded jointly by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight…

A push this week to ensure vulnerable Vermonters get the help they need is critical for this moment.

Vermont farmers have wanted to get to work. And while a spring storm has certain benefits, a wintry blast is not really an April priority.

A recent University of Vermont study, “Trends in Vermont Traffic Policing and Racial Disparities,” shows that while, as a state, we are capable of making progress when it comes to policing, we still have a long way to go.

This is what the Boston Globe had to say recently about cellphone bans in schools:

This is what The Boston Globe had to say recently about drones in warfare:

This is what The Houston Chronicle had to say recently about Trump’s address to Americans earlier this month:

Editor’s note: As the Trump administration continues to pursue the war with Iran, and we are all being urged to “pray for success” of our troops, we offer a reprinting of “The War Prayer,” published in 1905. It is Mark Twain’s searing antiwar parable, in which a mysterious stranger reveals t…

Vermont highway safety advocates and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration remind us that April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month.

It’s not even rhetorical right now. We can all point to something tangible when someone posits, “Why is everyone so grumpy?”

There was a time not so long ago when schools that didn’t provide a laptop for every student were considered behind the curve. Now it seems some schools are looking to return to a more old-school approach.

This is what The Wall Street Journal had to say recently on Trump telling the U.S. Postal Service to create a voter list:

We’re not going to discuss what is a war crime and what is not today. But we are going to discuss what feels presidential and what does not.

On Monday, our congressional delegation sought — once again — to have the Trump administration release $810 million in federal funding that would help more than 10 million Americans living in poverty, including nearly 50,000 Vermonters.

Driving by the State House this week, the pinwheels filling the front lawn seem joyful and quaint.

On Wednesday evening, Americans across the country watched as NASA sent four astronauts into space. NASA’s first lunar mission since 1972, the 10-day trek will send the crew of Artemis II around the moon, potentially setting the record for the farthest a human has ever travelled from Earth.

After a long winter, it’s our inclination to get out and move around. If you are not a cold-weather person, it is difficult to be idle for so long.

Another disappointment: There are few things more emblematic of American ingenuity than the quiet, patient work of scientific research, especially when that work intersects with agriculture, tradition and history. That’s why the cuts to the federal research funding for the University of Verm…

This is what the New York Times had to say on Trump’s exception to his administration’s push for religious freedom:

We were pleased to hear of the jury decision finding Meta and YouTube liable for harms to children.

U.S. Sen. Peter Welch this week joined fellow Democratic senators in introducing a bill that would support small businesses by cracking down on corporate price discrimination.

This week, the Ben & Jerry’s Foundation announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted its motion to join the Ben & Jerry’s Independent Board’s lawsuit against Unilever/Magnum as a plaintiff. Unilever/Magnum owns Ben & Jerry’s.

This is what The Boston Globe has to say about Congress’s need to investigate the bombing of school in Iran:

This is what The Washington Post says about how narrowing the tax base won’t fund programs progressives want to provide:

At many levels, there is a concerted battle underway to protect voting rights in the lead-up to the midterm election in November. The stakes are high.

An exhibit exploring the life of Anne Frank on display at Mill River Union High School in Clarendon aims to make the young Holocaust victim’s life tangible for Vermont students.

Feeling a pinch at the pump? As of Wednesday afternoon, average gas prices in Vermont had surged to roughly $3.61 to $3.68, marking a sharp increase of more than 20 cents in a single week due to international conflicts. Fuel prices are more than 50 cents higher than a month ago and considera…

Fair housing enforcement is about ensuring equal opportunity and protecting the dignity of all individuals.

Too many times every year, our journalists have to call out elected officials for being in violation of the state’s open meeting and open records laws. On a few of those occasions (which we have written about in our role as “watchdog”), we have had to educate the violators with letters citin…

When it comes to health care, it should be accessible to everyone. What “everyone” means has been at the center of countless debates lately, many of them quickly slipping erroneously into warnings of socialism.

A new Government Accountability Office report has found troubling gaps in the U.S. Department of Education’s oversight of the companies that service student loans.

A report issued earlier this month reveals another example of how technology — even controversial methods — continue to be critical to Vermont’s public safety.

This is Civic Learning Week. For numerous reasons, that feels noteworthy at this moment.