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Imogene Drakes, Dr. Rebecca Jones and the NAACP Health Justice Committee: Fixing racist algorithms in medicine
Differences in health at the group level should not be accepted as natural variation but an indicator that some external factor — often related to systemic racism — is causing the different measure. Read the story on VTDigger here: Imogene Drakes, Dr. Rebecca Jones and the NAACP Health Justice Committee: Fixing racist algorithms in medicine .
Local antisemitism threatens safety of Jewish Vermonters
Michael Knapp is a software developer and entrepreneur who is passionate about social justice. GUILFORD-As a Jewish Vermonter who has spent the past three decades working to improve our synagogue's safety and counter local antisemitism, I feel compelled to clarify that concerns about local antisemitism are neither unfounded nor a mere reflex. They are deeply anchored in the stark realities of our history and the present-day situation.
Opinion: I’m a 16-year-old high school student. This is why young journalists matter.
CNN — I live in a New England community where town hall meetings foster open dialogue — anyone can openly participate and inquire into public issues. If answers aren’t satisfactory, the audience can ask more questions. Yet I’ve watched presidential candidates dodge and weave through straightforward questions...
Co-curators, artists will offer tour of ‘In Nature’s Grasp’
BRATTLEBORO-Inspired by the natural world, artists have long contemplated diverse themes such as history, science, memory, and spirituality. Eleven contemporary artists explore these ideas and more in the exhibition "In Nature's Grasp," currently on view at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC). The public is invited to join a curator tour of the 32 artworks in the exhibit on Thursday, May 9, at 7 p.m.
I can grasp what a massive environmental problem we’re facing. Or I try to.
Annie Landenberger is a freelance writer who contributes regularly to these pages. WILLIAMSVILLE-I marched with my mother in the first Earth Day Parade, on April 22, 1970, just a week before my 16th birthday. Manhattan's Fifth Avenue was all rainbows and flowers, picnics, and Frisbee games: we thronged - 100,000 of us - to march from 59th Street, at the southern edge of Central Park, to Washington Square Park, while fueled vehicles were held at bay.
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