It is political hypocrisy to bemoan the presence of this class of second-class citizens, while allowing businesses, including farms, to take advantage of them.
Moats: Migrant farm workers especially vulnerable to effects of pandemic
Author: David Moats
David Moats, an author and journalist who lives in Salisbury, is a regular columnist for VTDigger. He is editorial page editor emeritus of the Rutland Herald, where he won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for a series of editorials on Vermont’s civil union law.
Moats: The governor's decency again shines through
Phil Scott is proving that he is the rare sort of politician for whom duty is more important than self-interest.
Moats: Win or lose, it's Bernie's moment to lead
Sanders must do something never asked of him before. He has to embrace moderate voters — whether he emerges as the candidate or Joe Biden does.
Moats: High favorability for Sanders, Scott illustrates Vermont political paradox
It is not new for Vermonters to split their tickets, electing liberal members of Congress while supporting Republican governors.
Moats: Phil Scott’s good nature is not enough to confront climate crisis
The governor’s brand of political forbearance extends not just to young activists who fear for the planet, but also to Democrats whose ideas to address the issue get the same genial brush-off he gave the protesters.
Moats: Finding truths of the times in 'Amahl'
A morality tale laying bare the injustice of great wealth next to great poverty resonates strongly during this dark season.
Moats: Immigration policy imposes fear on Vermont’s dairy workers
Migrant Justice is taking on a punitive system that suggests the real goal of enforcement is to maintain a population of frightened and vulnerable workers to satisfy the economic needs of businesses.
Moats: Most serious threat is from anti-democratic forces
Liberals and moderates have been waiting for moderate, pro-democracy Republicans to rise up in rebellion, but as in post-Reconstruction America, these forces have achieved a tight grip on power.
Moats: The history and belief of some individuals lend their ideas heightened power
As with Hosea Williams and the Dalai Lama, Rep. John Lewis’ very self conveys a force of conviction giving his words surpassing moral authority.
Moats: Peter Welch on Trump's 'so-what' defense
In Welch’s view, there are similarities between Watergate and the present Trump scandal, and there are differences.
Moats: The plagues we have unleashed on ourselves
While the northern leopard frogs that inundated Addison County this summer were not of biblical proportion, they are a reminder of the bigger story.
Moats: Toni Morrison's universal truths
The story of humanity shines through all great literature, from whatever culture, and all of humanity has access to it.
Moats: The nation's entwined history of slavery and guns reverberates still
While early Americans needed guns for self-protection and hunting for food, the Second Amendment's main purpose was for slave owners to control their human property.
Moats: The anger of the young, justified but ineffective
Today's sense of frustration echoes that of the 1960s. But favoring ideology over practicality ignores the fact that the president governs a diverse nation.
