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
Trust in Vermont Fish and Wildlife is eroding
The department reversed its own bear season recommendation with no new science behind it — and still hasn’t explained why.
Don’t let Donald Sinex anywhere near Burlington’s downtown
Converting the old Macy’s into an Amazon warehouse would worsen traffic and hand the city over to a company built on exploitation.
Vermont passed its education law. Now comes the hard part.
Vermont’s new education law settles questions of governance and structure. Now comes the harder task: building a long-term vision centered on students, not district maps.
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Patriotism is not a dirty word
Inflation, unrest, distrust in government — 1976 had all of it too, and Americans still found reasons for pride.
Vermont’s classrooms are a Big Tech sales pitch
The groups Vermont schools trust to vet the safety of educational technology are funded by the companies they’re supposed to be checking.
Calling nuclear power clean doesn’t make it true
Vermont can change the definition of clean energy. It can’t change what nuclear power actually is.
Vermont needs better housing, not just more of it
New developments are scarring the landscape and shortchanging Vermonters on design, location and affordability.
Don’t gamble with our drinking water
Treated or not, landfill leachate carries forever chemicals into water that hundreds of thousands of people drink.
Extortion and pollution killed the data center bill
A last-minute fee opposed by state regulators and an unresolved water pollution loophole sank a once-popular data center bill in the Senate.
