Opinion and commentary at VTDigger
VTDigger publishes opinion pieces from community members and regular contributors on issues affecting Vermonters. These essays are distinct from VTDigger’s independent news reporting and reflect the views of their authors.
This section features commentary and analysis from across the state, providing a space for civic dialogue alongside VTDigger’s journalism.
Latest Opinion
Vermont colleges should recruit closer to home
Vermont colleges spent too much energy chasing international students instead of recruiting students in their own backyard.
Rural Vermont is losing its say over its own land
Conservation in Vermont is being defined in a way that excludes the people who actually tend the land.
Don’t pour more money into a broken healthcare system
Before Vermont spends new tax dollars on universal primary care, advocates need to account for decades of failed reform.
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Vermont’s land laws should incentivize people who heal the land
Tax and permitting rules built for large-scale operations leave little room for small landholders who do the most to bolster ecosystem services.
Turn Trump’s $90 payment into a campaign check
That $90 Medicare rebate is yours to spend. Why not send it to a candidate before Nov. 3?
Cheaper tuition alone won’t get first-generation students to college
Vermont is cutting the cost of college, but money doesn’t teach a rural teen how to get there.
An ‘arms embargo’ organization could cost Vermont dearly
A campaign targeting 35 Vermont manufacturing and technology employers, supporting thousands of jobs, could destroy livelihoods and struggling communities.
Behind tinted windows, ICE is watching
What ICE does to migrants today should worry every American, not just those being deported.
Our schools are being crushed by state mandates
A sharp drop in the state’s excess spending threshold is forcing Hartford to make deep cuts, even as expenses rise.
