Vermont ski jumper seeks Olympic equityStrange but true: Ski jumping is the only Winter Olympic sport closed to women. Published on: January 24, 2010 |
Activist: Diversity isn't as simple as black and whiteCurtiss Reed Jr., executive director of the Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity, recalls the childhood day when, starting to read small words, he began to comprehend something bigger. Published on: January 17, 2010 |
Vermonter loses his sight but gains new visionNeil Taylor didn't know what was happening when he woke in the hospital bed. Published on: December 20, 2009 |
A new school of thoughtSome teachers expect students to sit quietly. Tal Birdsey encourages them to stand up and scream. Published on: November 15, 2009 |
Ruling class: Teens aim to be tomorrow's leadersThey're too young to vote but soon will inherit the world. So who do teenagers tag as their role models? Published on: July 19, 2009 |
Through the storm: Behind a radioman's silent battle with cancerAfter his father died from a blood clot at age 59, Vermonter Bill Corbeil helped direct an annual golf tournament for his dad's favorite charity, the cancer-fighting Jimmy Fund. Published on: June 21, 2009 |
Breaking back and legs can't shatter a spiritWhen Vermont's congressional delegation held a lottery to hand out tickets to Barack Obama's inauguration, 66-year-old Island Pond retiree Bernie Henault was said to be a winner. Published on: April 12, 2009 |
A rural rabbi's challengeJoshua Boettiger can trace his Protestant roots back to his great-grandfather Franklin D. Roosevelt. But the 35-year-old would rather talk about why he became a rabbi in Vermont. Published on: April 5, 2009 |
Of Milk and MexicansDairy farming may seem as deliciously black and white as the Ben & Jerry’s Holsteins drawn by Vermont artist Woody Jackson. But the crowd at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater saw a more complicated picture at last fall’s premiere of a documentary by Jackson’s 23-year-old son, Björn. Published on: March 8, 2009 |