The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman

Nikhil Goyal’s searing classic about coming of age in poverty

Philadelphia is synonymous with liberty and possibility. It is the city where the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence were signed.

But...

4 decades of changing students' lives at the Governor's Institutes of Vermont

For the fortieth summer, hundreds of Vermont high school students had a different kind of learning experience. They attended one of eight programs of...

Champlain College President Alex Hernandez on the transformative power of an education

When Champlain College President Alejandro "Alex" Hernandez is asked about the value of an education, he responds by telling the story of his family.

He...

Stephen Kiernan offers ‘a healing book’ for a divided nation

Stephen Kiernan spent much of his life as an award-winning journalist for the Burlington Free Press and the Boston Globe. In 2013, he made the jump...

Fire, floods and the Great Displacement

Scenes of the smoldering ruins of Lahaina, Maui, are the latest evidence that no place, no matter how idyllic, is safe from climate disruption. The...