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Tag: eugenics

Commentaries: opinion pieces by community members.
Posted inOpinion

Richard Witting: Any ‘truth and reconciliation’ must begin with truth

by Opinion October 10, 2024, 11:28 amOctober 10, 2024, 11:31 am
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Posted inLife & Culture

A Vermont eugenics historian repeatedly hears ‘What is the relevance today?’ A new book offers an answer.

by Kevin O'Connor November 7, 2023, 6:02 amNovember 6, 2023, 8:34 pm
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Vermont Senate gives tentative OK to creating a state truth and reconciliation commission

by Riley Robinson May 3, 2022, 7:46 pmMay 3, 2022, 8:32 pm
Posted inGovernment & Politics

House favors commission to study history of eugenics and racism in Vermont

by Sarah Mearhoff March 23, 2022, 7:05 pmMarch 28, 2022, 4:04 pm
A man in glasses speaking into a microphone while holding a paper in a room with attendees, viewed past the blurred foreground.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Vermont Conversation: Does Vermont need a Truth Commission?

by David Goodman March 6, 2022, 9:58 amMarch 5, 2022, 3:14 pm
Posted inOpinion

Justin Salisbury: Ongoing eugenics against disabled Vermonters

by Opinion February 10, 2022, 7:59 amFebruary 9, 2022, 10:17 am
Posted inOpinion

Susan Aranoff: Thank you, legislative leaders, for leading

by Opinion January 26, 2022, 8:18 amJanuary 25, 2022, 10:22 am
We won't go back protest sign
Posted inOpinion

Bill Schubart: Prop 5, on reproductive rights, matters to all Vermonters

by Bill Schubart January 12, 2022, 1:44 pmMay 3, 2024, 10:48 am
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Vermont’s legislative leaders apologize for state-sanctioned eugenics movement

by Rachel Nostrant October 18, 2021, 7:17 amOctober 19, 2021, 12:34 am
White church steeple with a lit interior is framed by tree branches against a cloudy evening sky.
Posted inEducation

Middlebury College removes Mead Chapel name over namesake’s role in eugenics

by Riley Board and Abigail Chang September 27, 2021, 5:04 pmSeptember 27, 2021, 5:04 pm
Posted inOpinion

Rep. Anne Donahue: Eugenics, racism and abortion in public policy

by Opinion September 22, 2021, 12:15 pmSeptember 21, 2021, 5:06 pm
Posted inOpinion

Jeff Benay: Abenaki relationship with UVM goes back 35 years

by Opinion June 9, 2021, 11:05 amJune 8, 2021, 2:52 pm
Sen. Brian Collamore, R-Rutland
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Senate votes unanimously to apologize for state-supported eugenics

by Ellie French May 12, 2021, 4:59 pmMay 12, 2021, 4:59 pm
A man in glasses speaking into a microphone while holding a paper in a room with attendees, viewed past the blurred foreground.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Eugenics apology approved unanimously by House, 90 years after the fact

by Ellie French March 31, 2021, 4:42 pmMarch 31, 2021, 6:40 pm

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