November 7, 2014

#OccupyCentral: Voices from Hong Kong’s “Umbrella Revolution” (INTERNATIONAL)

Out of respect for her privacy, I do not ask her name. She is young, bright, beautiful, and spoke much better English than I did either Mandarin or Cantonese. […]
November 7, 2014

INTERCEPT: How Many Muslim countries has the U.S. bombed or occupied since 1980? (INTERNATIONAL)

Click here for the answer. More courageous reporting from the INTERCEPT and Glenn Greenwald.
November 11, 2014

Secession from Spain? 1.6 million Catalonians vote YES. (INTERNATIONAL)

Read the Democracy Now and NATION stories here. Free Vermont, and long live the Untied States!
November 12, 2014

Extracted, by Emma Rippe (BOOK REVIEW)

Author Ugo Bardi, an Italian professor of physical chemistry, utilizes his extensive ecological and geological knowledge, as well as his deep concern for the environment, to […]
November 16, 2014

Solar-Powered Vermont (ANALYSIS)

Would you believe that Vermont has more solar energy jobs per capita than any other state in the U.S. of Empire? This is just one of […]
November 16, 2014

The Beast Bitch-Slaps Shumlin (ANALYSIS)

The DAILY Beast, that is. Ouch. “What the Hell happened in Vermont?” Indeed. We welcome readers’ “takes” on why Governor Pete got so whacked in the […]
November 16, 2014

Vermonters for Pot? SAM Says “No, Dope.” (ADVOCACY)

As the statewide debate about marijuana legalization heats up in Vermont, a new public health advocacy group entitled Smart Approaches To Marijuana (SAM) weighs in. What’s […]
November 16, 2014

Happy Hunting, Vermont! (MEDITATION)

With another hunting season upon us here in the Green Mountains of Vermont, we return to the High Country News archives for this gem from hunter […]
November 18, 2014

Peak Oil, Meet Climate Change: The “New Normal” (INDY ANALYSIS)

With refreshing honesty and humor, Jim (LONG EMERGENCY) Kunstler and Dmitry (REINVENTING COLLAPSE) Orlov weigh in this week on their respective blogs about recent oil price drops, […]
November 20, 2014

The Burlington Mayor’s Race: A Statement, by Greg Guma (PUBLIC MEETING)

Last week a tree became the latest casualty of redevelopment, ostensibly to make way for a widened bike path but actually to ready the area for […]