The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman

How did German democracy collapse and give rise to Nazism?

How did German democracy collapse and give way to Nazism? Jack Mayer, a recently retired Middlebury pediatrician, has a personal interest in answering...

Will moving beyond fossil fuels help or hurt low-income Vermonters?

Can reducing reliance on fossil fuels benefit low-income people?

For Jared Duval, the answer is personal. Duval, a ninth generation...

Political cartoonist Jeff Danziger on how his Vietnam service led to holding the powerful to account

“If the prime role of a free press is to serve as critic of government, cartooning is often the cutting edge of that criticism," declared legendary...

Is rural America a place of hope or despair?

Is there hope in rural America? Or is it a place in decline that young people just want to flee?

Author Gigi Georges traveled to...

Andrew Bacevich on ending the "catastrophe" of American militarism

United States troops are now pulling out of Afghanistan, bringing to a close America’s longest war. U.S. intelligence predicts that