By Lee H. Hamilton When the history of this year’s presidential campaign is written, one of its more remarkable features will be that candidates of both parties felt it necessary to talk about income inequality. Surely that makes this a […]
Tag: Hillary Clinton
Opinion
“Happy Days”
Bernie Sanders emailed this artifact to his supporters Jan. 13, 2016, explaining that Hillary Clinton autographed the photo, taken on a flight to a health care forum at Dartmouth University on Dec. 7, 1993, along with a note saying, “To […]
Letter
Mass media’s “silly season” persists
Dear Editor. The “silly season” for the mass media is supposed to be a short period of time, “usually late summer when the media focuses on trivial or frivolous matters for lack of major news stories,” according to the Merriam-Webster […]
Opinion
Secretary of State Jim Condos announces ballots for presidential primaries
The deadline was 5 p.m. on Jan. 11 for candidates to file their petition to appear on the ballots of the Vermont presidential primaries. Secretary of State Jim Condos announced that 14 candidates qualified for the ballots: 10 candidates for […]
State News
The Bernie blackout?
By Jasper Craven, VTDigger.org So far this year, Bernie Sanders has been on ABC “World News Tonight” for a total of 20 seconds. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has received 81 minutes of coverage on the same program. During a […]
State News
Poll: Sanders surges ahead of Clinton among N.H. voters, 44 to 37
First poll showing Bernie Sanders in the lead By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org A Boston Herald-Franklin Pierce University poll conducted on Monday puts Sen. Bernie Sanders ahead of Hillary Clinton. According to that poll, 44 percent of respondents said they would […]