August 31, 2016

NewGrassRoots: “Small D” Digital Democracy Now Planted in Vermont

  Publisher’s Note: Benjamin Brown, Vermont’trepeneur and founder of Rutland-based NewGrassRoots, has a compelling vision for harnessing digital technology. Namely, to make our local and state/republican […]
September 6, 2016

9/11: 15th Anniversary NYC Conference

Publisher’s Note: Ten Septembers ago, Vermont Commons: Voices of Independence devoted an entire issue of our news journal to exploring the unanswered questions surrounding 9/11 (available […]
September 7, 2016

The Vermont Case for Ticket Splitting: Democrats versus Independents in November 2016

Vermont state politics are focused primarily on three major issues: climate change, education and healthcare. We are glad to live in a place where there is […]
September 11, 2016

INTER STATES – “Emerging Disorder” Brattleboro Book Launch!

Publisher’s note: We’ve been excerpting Vermont novelist Ralph Meima’s brilliant INTER STATES – a novel in 3 parts/books – for years here at our web site. […]
October 3, 2016

“Viking Economics” Comes To Vermont for New Economy Week!

George Lakey will be coming to Vermont between October 11th and 17th to talk about his landmark book about the Scandinavian economies. The book describes how […]
October 4, 2016

Green Mountain CBD – Vermont Cannabis Use Continues To Expand

Publisher’s Note: From our friends at Green State Gardener. We’re excited to bring you the finest quality hemp-derived CBD product, grown and processed here in Vermont […]
October 5, 2016

Carjacked in Vermont: Our Auto-Welfare System

The latest Vermont political commercial — the one featuring a Sue Minter bobblehead with exposure of how often she has supported raising the cost of driving […]
October 6, 2016

Vermont Welcomes Syrian Refugees, Victims of U.S. Imperial Policy

Publisher’s Note: Thanks to our media colleagues at Seven Days for providing ongoing coverage of Rutland, Vermont’s decision to provide a new home for 100 Syrian […]
October 10, 2016

The End Of The Republic And The Delusion Of Empire (BOOK REVIEW)

From our colleagues at Global Research: Very few public intellectuals pull no punches in their analyses of world affairs.  James Petras is one of them.  Possessed […]
October 22, 2016

Project Censored 2017: News You Can Use

Throughout its 40-year history, Project Censored has covered a lot of ground that the corporate mainstream media has missed. Begun by Carl Jensen, a sociology professor […]