The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman

Middlebury President Laurie Patton on divestment, diversity and resisting censorship

When Laurie Patton became president of Middlebury College in 2015, it marked the beginning of a quiet transformation at one of the nation’s top liberal...

Vermont Conversation: Red, white and blacklisted: The Red Scare in Hollywood and Vermont

The anti-communist Red Scare of the 1940s and 1950s spared no corner of the country or the culture. The FBI combed the Green Mountains looking for communists,...

Kiah Morris continues her fight for justice

When white supremacists launched a campaign of racist and misogynist attacks against former State Rep. Kiah Morris, they hoped to silence her.

They...

Vermont Conversation: Food, love and mental illness

Erika Nichols-Frazer was like many kids growing up in the resort town of Stowe. She loved to snowboard and play hockey. But Erika hid a dark secret:...

Bill McKibben on ‘a moment of extraordinary opportunity’

For this 10th anniversary Vermont Conversation,...