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Have Supreme Court justices become 'politicians in robes?'

Posted July 6, 202200:32:03

“If the public sees judges as politicians in robes, its confidence in the courts — and in the rule of law itself — can only diminish, diminishing...

What happens to abortion rights after Roe?

Posted July 5, 202200:29:04

In the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and end the constitutional right to an abortion, half of women in the U.S....

The “courageous doctor” who helped legalize abortion in Vermont

Posted July 3, 202200:27:02

When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade on June 24, it left each state to decide its own abortion laws. Many Republican-led states are reverting...

Bill McKibben reconsiders his boyhood and the American dream

Posted June 26, 202200:49:20

Bill McKibben thought he knew where he came from. He grew up in the tidy, affluent and predominantly white suburban community of Lexington, Massachusetts....

Peabody award-winning podcaster Erica Heilman on death, grief and love in a Vermont community

Posted June 17, 202200:45:31

When Erica Heilman heard about the death by suicide of 17-year-old Finn Rooney, she initially recoiled from telling the story. It was too raw. But Heilman,...