Commentary | Notes from a Vermont activist by Nancy Braus: The fight for justice for Mohsen Mahdawi is just beginning.

Vermonters tend to act on our anger - ask JD Vance about how we reacted to his ski trip to Sugarbush. And Vermonters are really, really furious about every aspect of the Trump regime’s lies and lawlessness in the arrest on Monday, April 14. In a deceptive, …

Poet Alexandria Hall harnesses the sounds of Vermont in her work

Vergennes native Alexandria Hall is based in Los Angeles, but a lot of Vermont's essence is found in her work. Her poems reflect the daily life and language of rural Vermont. Hall is a Ph.D. candidate in literature and creative writing at the …

Vermont Governor Phil Scott addresses recent immigrant detentions

In the wake of eight Vermont farmworkers being detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Monday, Governor Phil Scott faced numerous questions during his weekly briefing today about migrant workers and federal actions. Vermont has been at the center …

8 migrant workers arrested at Vermont dairy in Border Patrol raid

Eight migrant farmworkers were arrested this week at Pleasant Valley Farms in Berkshire, Vermont, in what advocates and officials describe as the largest immigration enforcement action against farmworkers in the state on record. According to news sources …

DOJ appeals judge's order to move detained Tufts student to Vermont

The federal government is fighting a judge’s ruling that Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk, who wrote an essay about Israel and the war in Gaza and is fighting deportation, must be transferred back to an immigration facility in Vermont from Louisiana …

Detained Columbia University must stay in Vermont, judge rules

Detained Palestinian student must remain in Vermont, judge says

Mohsen Mahdawi — a Palestinian student who was detained by immigration agents at a U.S. citizenship interview last week — must remain in Vermont for at least 90 days while his legal team pushes for his release, a federal judge said Wednesday, according to …

Shift in federal immigration policy could imperil farm workers' futures in Vermont

As hundreds of Vermonters sign onto a petition seeking the release of eight migrant farm workers detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Monday, legal experts say it’s too early to determine whether the arrests signal a coordinated deportation …

Vermont, 11 other states sue Trump Administration over tariff policies

Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark is joining the top prosecutors of 11 other states in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, the Attorney General’s office announced Wednesday. The attorneys general, …

Vermont Conversation: Journalist Jeff Sharlet on American fascism and how a civil war is speeding up 

Jeff Sharlet. Photo courtesy of the intervieweeThe Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues. Listen below and subscribe for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you …