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
A chemical linked to Parkinson’s is still legal. That must change.
Decades of evidence link paraquat to Parkinson’s disease. Vermont could be the first state to ban it.
Act 181 solves for cities. It doesn’t solve for rural Vermont.
A conservation law that ignores working farms and managed landscapes isn’t protecting Vermont’s biodiversity — it’s missing half the picture.
No room at the inn
As Vermont’s winter housing vouchers expire, thousands face homelessness during a season meant to celebrate hope and renewal.
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It’s time to take to the streets again
The 1960s brought war, assassinations and injustice — and the people pushed back and won. The same fight is here again.
Why does Vermont make it so hard to keep strangers off your land?
Vermont law forces landowners to jump through hoops every year to keep hunters off their property. A bill before the Legislature would finally change that.
The lesson of Act 181 is that trust matters
Act 181 revealed a fracture between Montpelier and rural Vermont. The path to repair runs through humility and listening.
Montpelier’s environmentalism has a people problem
The brand of conservation dominating Montpelier treats humans as a threat to the land. Rural Vermonters know better — and it’s time to make that case.
We’re exporting our best asset — Vermont’s own kids
Vermont is aging, its housing crisis is deepening, and its construction workforce is shrinking. Expanding career technical education could help turn the tide.
Immigrants are shaping Vermont’s health care. We belong here.
Spaces that intentionally include immigrant perspectives build stronger, healthier communities — and Vermont’s health care system is starting to prove it.