Opinion: Citizens Bank must divest from Trump’s cruelty

Sometimes it feels like we are being sprayed daily by a firehose of corruption, lies, incompetence, cruelty, rule-breaking, ignorance and delusion by President Trump and his administration. It is exhausting. It is also important to keep speaking up and resisting, as millions of Americans are doing on a daily and weekly basis at demonstrations and honk and waves, by speaking and writing to legislators, registering people to vote, providing mutual aid to those marginalized or in need and more. If we hope to h … (read more)

There is little, if any, evidence supporting Trump’s lawsuit claims that he and/or his family were unfairly targeted by government investigations or prosecutions.

We’re sharing widely recognized warning signs scholars and historians use when studying authoritarian systems because democracies don’t disappear overnight.

“Trump’s view restricts and narrows the potential benefits, both economic and societal, of treating everyone as equals.”

The Vermont Democrat met with Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects (HOPE) staff and volunteers to discuss how food insecurity is affecting the area.

“For Trump, (diplomacy and consensus) are for suckers.” — Sen. Welch

From the beginning of Trump’s second term to the present, the subversion of the rule of law, and our institutions and norms have become increasingly worse.

The Trump administration is trying its hardest to gut environmental protections.

Trump supporters must stop rationalizing his outrageous conduct as a wily negotiating tactic.

The U.S. Forest Service announced Thursday it plans to close its research and development office in Burlington as part of a national reorganization.

The unusual, monthslong wait for this year’s federal Community Service Block Grant funds comes amid a push from the Trump administration to eliminate the program from the federal budget.

One hundred and fifty years ago, on April 14, 1876, at the dedication of the Freedman’s Memorial in Washington, D.C., and at a delicate moment of possibility for a nation in dire need of healing in the aftermath of the savageries of our Civil War, Frederi … (read more)

It’s not just the ketchup on the wall now; it’s the blood on the ground and on the hands of this administration. Christy Alger Orwell  

The current Commander in chief deceived his Draft Board and lied to his country. To serve would have been inconvenient and beneath his station.

Trump’s haphazard policy of chaos works for some MAGA supporters who have accepted his role as supreme leader. For everyone else, there’s reality.