January 16, 2019

Who Are The Real Drug Pushers? Drug Companies. (OP/ED)

Five years ago in his State of the State address then-Gov. Peter Shumlin turned the spotlight on the state’s opiate crisis. Avoiding the laundry list approach […]
January 16, 2019

What We Lose When We Lose Local News (HCN)

Hint: Citizens are less likely to vote, and politics become more polarized. Thanks to High Country News for this insightful story In November 2016, as election results […]
January 18, 2019

Plan V-TV/61: Heady Vermont’s Eli Harrington on Vermont’s 2019 Cannabis and Hemp Landscape

On our latest episode of Plan V-TV, publisher Rob Williams talks with Heady Vermont co-founder Eli Harrington about the Vermont cannabis, hemp, and CBD landscape – […]
January 18, 2019

“Forbidden Bookshelf” Is US (BANNED BOOKS)

For more than half a century, the United States’ vast literary culture has been disparately policed, and imperceptibly contained, by state and corporate entities well placed […]
January 19, 2019

MLK DAY 2019: Why Martin Would Be A Secessionist In Today’s US Empire

Happy MLK Day. After 3 books and close to 40 years of research, US lawyer and civil rights activist William Pepper has conclusively proved that MLK […]
January 19, 2019

2019 MLK Mountaintop Film Festival: Film For Thought

Join us for the Big Picture Theater’s annual MLK MOUNTAINTOP FILM FESTIVAL – 7 days of film for thought. Schedule right here.
January 19, 2019

“Those Turbulent Sons Of Freedom – Ethan Allen’s Green Mountain Boys And The American Revolution” (BOOK REVIEW)

Former New York Times foreign correspondent Christopher S. Wren’s new book, Those Turbulent Sons Of Freedom: Ethan Allen’s Green Mountain Boys And The American Revolution, tells […]
January 19, 2019

The “Republic” of Vermont – What’s in a Name?

Republic: A system of government in which the people hold sover­eign power and elect representatives who exercise that power. It contrasts, on the one hand, with […]
January 20, 2019

The US Empire’s”Global War On Terror” – 2019 Update (DATA MAP)

The Smithsonian Magazine this month published a stunning map detailing just how expansive the US’ post-9/11 “war on terror” has become, demonstrating that contrary to the common assumption […]
January 22, 2019

Protect Vermont’s 2 Year Terms For Governors (OP/ED)

Vermont’s political establishment has often advocated extending the terms of office for some or all statewide offices from two to four years. Today, that group includes Tim […]