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Voices

Who pays the taxes?

By
Byron Stookey
Wednesday, March 7, 2018 — Issue 449

BRATTLEBORO — Last year, on U.S. profits of $5.6 billion, Amazon didn't pay federal income tax.

The company's “warehouse associates,” who work at $12.63 per hour, did.

Voices

Some notes on bravery (and Brahms)

By
Meg Donahue

Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...

Looking beyond generalizations

By
Emily Carris Duncan

Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...

Public policy decisions need to be conducted in the public eye

By
Timothy Belknap

Timothy Belknap is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member representing District 9. BRATTLEBORO-To the Brattleboro...

Fire department billing ordinance raises a number of questions

By
Howard Fairman

Howard Fairman, a native Vermonter, likes to study official public documents and presentations, research their...

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News

Correction

Saturday, April 23, 2022 — Issue 660

The print version of the story “Brattleboro, Rescue Inc. on course to part ways due to contract dispute,” [News, April 13] incorrectly asserted a financial relationship between the town and the EMS nonprofit for dispatch services. The story has been corrected online at commonsnews.org.

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Voices

Women poised to surge to political power

By
Andrew Torre
Wednesday, August 15, 2018 — Issue 472

A welcome phenomenon is sweeping the country: a long-oppressed group is coming to the fore and shaping more progressive contours in the political landscape. And I'm not talking about African-Americans, whose women in the deep-red state of Alabama unexpectedly elected a progressive senator over a traditional, morally tarnished right-winger. I'm talking about women of every color and age across America who are supporting their progressive sisters, putting many of them in office while running themselves, e.g., Cynthia Nixon, Zephyr Teachout,

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Arts

Jazz Center launches semester of classes

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 — Issue 750

The Vermont Jazz Center will offer learning opportunities open to the public for this winter and spring. Most sessions are 10 weeks long and begin the week of Feb. 11. In-person courses include Youth Jazz Ensemble, Anna Patton's Soubrette Choir, Latin Jazz Ensemble, two levels of Claire Arenius's Blue Note Ensemble, two levels of Jazz Guitar Ensemble with Draa Hobbs, and a Samba Percussion Ensemble led by Julian Gerstin and Ron Kelley. Brian Shankar Adler will teach the Art of...

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