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The Family Undertaking
Greg and Jordan Camp are the fourth and fifth generations running the Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock, Vermont, which has been in business for more than a century.Funeral homes can seem so…
Coming of age — and coming out — in the time of civil unions
July 1st, 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of civil unions in Vermont. This legal alternative to marriage was the first of its kind in the United States. In the Vermont Supreme Court case Baker v.…
The Arts that Shape Us #2: Tibetan Music and Dance
For Tibetan-American artist Migmar Tsering, music and dance are inextricably linked to being Tibetan.Migmar first learned traditional dance in the village of Langkor in the county of Tingri. He was…
The Arts that Shape Us #1: Barre Stone Carvers
Since at least the 1870s, people in central Vermont have cut, chiseled, hoisted, polished, and carved local granite, creating monuments, statues, and especially memorial grave markers. The granite…
The Afghan Women of Brattleboro #6: Tremendous Journey
“There is a lot of change from the beginning up to now, and we are still learning every day.”The experience of resettling in Brattleboro has changed not only the Afghan women who had to rebuild their…
The Afghan Women of Brattleboro #5: Home Lives
“My daughters will be raised in America, so their lives will be different from mine.”Some Afghan women in Brattleboro left their country because their husbands had jobs connected to the Afghan…
The Afghan Women of Brattleboro #4: Like a Stone
“Many of us who are here in Brattleboro ... we had a good life in Afghanistan.”Afghan women in their 40s and 50s grew up surrounded by war. They went to school off and on, depending on how much…
The Afghan Women of Brattleboro #3: Another Page
“I grew up with all these stories, all this history. How can I accept in one night, everything is changed?”Many young women who came of age during Afghanistan’s 20 years of democracy went to high…
The Afghan Women of Brattleboro #2: Arrival
“Is any place in the United States of America called Vermont?”As Afghan women left their country and embarked on a journey halfway around the world, they mourned their losses: family, homes, careers,…
The Afghan Women of Brattleboro #1: One Backpack
“The day the Taliban took control of our country, how much we cried no one can imagine.”When the fundamentalist Taliban seized power in 2021, Afghan citizens were shocked and terrified. They fled the…
The only primary care doctor in Island Pond
Dr. Bob Primeau is the only primary care doctor for miles. He has spent his entire career taking care of patients from the day they’re born until the day they die. But his field is changing, and…
Exposed
Homeless Vermonters face many deadly risks. But the state doesn't track how many have died, or what kills them. A first-of-its kind analysis by Vermont Public and Seven Days identified at least 82…
The Heartbreak Hotel
A downtown apartment building stitched Plainfield together. On July 10, floods washed it away.The Heartbreak Hotel was the kind of place where neighbors saw each other every day, where generations of…
Two Vermont voices reflect on the Israel-Hamas war
"Uncomfortable conversations need to happen."Raneen Salha and Sarah White discuss their thoughts, feelings and personal connections to the war between Israel and Hamas.See photos and read more at…
Trials & Tribulations: A week inside Vermont's busiest courthouse
More than four years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the state judiciary is still struggling with an enormous backlog of criminal cases and competing public pressures around how justice should be…
Recognized: An Update
Two Abenaki First Nations are continuing to call for Vermont institutions not to work with state-recognized tribes, and to reconsider the process that led to the state recognizing those groups as…
Remembering John Harrison
John Harrison traveled Vermont as a preacher in the 1880s. A racist name in town records preserved his memory.Note: This story contains sensitive material, including racial slurs. Please listen with…
What class are you? Ashley Messier
Ashley Messier is the co-chair of the Corrections Monitoring Committee in the Vermont Legislature, and she’s the reentry services program manager for Vermont Works for Women. She grew up in Essex…
What class are you? Susan Randall
Many people don’t want to talk about class, because class differences are the source of cultural division and tension. In this story, Erica talks with old friend Susan Randall, a private investigator…
What class are you? Garret Keizer
In 2023, around 70% of the total wealth in this country was owned by the top 10% of earners. The lowest 50% of earners only owned 2.5% of the total wealth. In this story, Vermont writer and poet…
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