Vermont

Joseph Arana Sanchez (center) rehearses on his guitar ahead of a benefit concert for fellow Ukrainians living in Vermont.

This Vermont couple created a home for Ukrainian refugees with a focus on children with disabilities

Theresa and Scott Cianciolo founded Agape Ministries, a Christian nonprofit that works with children and adults with developmental disabilities in Ukraine. After they stopped traveling to Ukraine due to the war, they raised money to create a home for refugees and children with disabilities in Vermont.

This Vermont couple created a home for Ukrainian refugees with a focus on children with disabilities
A traditional dish from the Isaan region of Thailand served at the Vermont restaurant Saap

Self-taught chef introduces rural Vermonters to traditional Thai cuisine

Self-taught chef introduces rural Vermonters to traditional Thai cuisine
Multilingual liaisons work as "cultural brokers" to support students who are refugees in Vermont.

Multilingual liaisons are ‘cultural brokers’ for refugee students in this Vermont school district 

Multilingual liaisons are ‘cultural brokers’ for refugee students in this Vermont school district 
Dozens of people turned out at a rally in Newport in June of 2019 to protest the detention of three migrant farmworkers there

Migrant farmworkers fight to end collaboration between Vermont police and US Customs and Border Protection

Migrant farmworkers fight to end collaboration between Vermont police and US Customs and Border Protection
A comic of a sitting man with a black background

These comics help combat mental health challenges for migrants in Vermont

These comics help combat mental health challenges for migrants in Vermont
Burlington, Vermont based African group A2VT

This Afropop band's founders are both refugees from Africa, but they met on a Vermont soccer field

The name of the Afropop band A2VT stands for Africa to Vermont. Based in Burlington, Vermont, the band's founders were originally refugees from Africa.

This Afropop band's founders are both refugees from Africa, but they met on a Vermont soccer field
Grand Escalante

US interior secretary recommends altering some national monuments for commercial use

A leaked report says Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke wants to shrink or alter some national monuments in order to allow greater commercial use of the land.

US interior secretary recommends altering some national monuments for commercial use
Eugene Hutz of the band Gogol Bordello

Gogol Bordello's front man on what it means to be Ukrainian

Ukraine-born Eugene Hutz is the lead singer of the band Gogol Bordello. Although the band is based in New York and Hutz himself has lived there for years, identity and Ukraine help define the band.

Gogol Bordello's front man on what it means to be Ukrainian
Veteran Sarah Nolin shows cartoonist J.D. Lunt her photo album of her deployment to Afghanistan.

Women veterans are finally getting their due — in cartoons

These women vets are sharing their stories for a cartoon book about their time in the service.

Women veterans are finally getting their due — in cartoons
Greentown Labs in Somerville, Mass. has become the nation’s largest clean technology incubator, housing more than 50 small companies.

Massachusetts pushes to brew up new green businesses to help fight climate change

Solar and wind power are important, but really solving the climate crisis will take a whole new generation of energy-efficient technologies, and even new companies to develop them. But there's a growing force in the field — the green tech incubator.

Massachusetts pushes to brew up new green businesses to help fight climate change
GMO corn

Congress approves rules for GMO labeling, but not everyone is happy

Congress just passed legislation to create a national GMO labeling standard. If signed into law, it would override more stringent measures that went into effect in Vermont on July 1. Neither the food industry nor advocacy groups that oppose GMOs are pleased with the result.

Congress approves rules for GMO labeling, but not everyone is happy
Members and friends of the Myrtle Hill commune, in norther Vermont, gather in front of a geodesic dome in the summer of 1971.

Today's movement toward sustainable living echoes the not-so-distant past

Back in the 1960s and 70s, thousands of idealistic young people left the city and went back to the land, looking to live sustainably and often communally. Now a new book captures that idealism.

Today's movement toward sustainable living echoes the not-so-distant past
Kellog's cereal

Why Vermont’s GMO labels will be showing up in your grocery stores

A state law in tiny Vermont is pushing many large food companies to label GMO-containing products nationwide.

Why Vermont’s GMO labels will be showing up in your grocery stores
Anwar Diab Agha (left) and Ashraf Alamatouri are two of Vermont’s newest Syrian transplants.

The Syrian diaspora now counts three families in Vermont

Two Syrians living in Vermont talk about resettling in the Green Mountain State.

The Syrian diaspora now counts three families in Vermont
Refugee workers at the Koffee Kup Bakery in Burlington, Vermont package up doughnuts. The human resources manager there says refugees have been instrumental to the company's growth.

More US-bound refugees? Labor-starved Vermont businesses welcome Obama’s call.

The case for taking in more refugees isn't just a humanitarian gesture. To aging, labor-starved areas of the US, it could be a godsend.

More US-bound refugees? Labor-starved Vermont businesses welcome Obama’s call.