At the peak of Burlington’s summer season, French is as frequently spoken as English — but perhaps not this year. My latest for the The Boston Globe —> bostonglobe.com/2025/04/28/met…

Wow! Congratulations to the VTDigger crew and to Geeta Anand! This sounds like a fantastic fit. I can't wait to see how Geeta takes Digger to the next level.

The Trump administration has been seeking to send student protesters targeted for deportation to Louisiana, but two high-profile cases have wound up in the clutches of two veteran Vermont judges. For the The Boston Globe —> bostonglobe.com/2025/05/02/met…

A week after his release, Mohsen Mahdawi showed me around his “sanctuary” in rural Vermont — and explained his approach to fighting back against the Trump administration. For the The Boston Globe —> bostonglobe.com/2025/05/09/met…

A series of U.S. Supreme Court decisions has some Haitian immigrants in Greater Boston looking north for refuge. But Canada's new Liberal government is looking to tighten its borders, particularly for asylum-seekers. For the The Boston Globe —> bostonglobe.com/2025/06/09/met…

Anti-Trump protesters arrive at a No King’s rally Saturday afternoon at Waterfront Park in Burlington, Vt.

Mohsen Mahdawi, a former leader of Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian movement, describes his jailing by the Trump administration at a No King’s protest Saturday in Burlington, Vt.

At a No Kings rally Saturday on the Burlington waterfront, Vermont’s U.S. House member, ⁦Becca Balint⁩, addresses the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers.

“We need to take our country back”: A The Boston Globe roundup of No Kings protests throughout New England, with a bit from Burlington, Vt. bostonglobe.com/2025/06/14/met…

U.S. Border Patrol agents smashed the window of an 18-year-old woman and her stepfather, a prominent migrant activist, during a traffic stop near Vermont's border with Canada. Both were detained and face deportation. For the The Boston Globe —> bostonglobe.com/2025/06/16/met…

Burlington really, really wants Canadians to come back. Last night, the city council voted to (temporarily, ceremonially) rename Church Street “Canada Street.” For the The Boston Globe —> bostonglobe.com/2025/06/17/met…

Mari Cordes says she can’t afford to live in Vermont — and feels unsafe serving in the state legislature — so she’s resigning and moving to Canada. For the The Boston Globe: bostonglobe.com/2025/06/20/met…

A migrant rights leader in Vermont who was detained last month when Border Patrol smashed the window of his van has now been accused of human smuggling. For the The Boston Globe: bostonglobe.com/2025/07/08/met…

Ahead of Vermont’s 1- and 2-year anniversaries of catastrophic flooding, a state official joked that July 10 should be cancelled. Here’s how one Vermont village is seeking to recover: bostonglobe.com/2025/07/10/met…

For the third year in a row, July 10 brought flooding to Vermont. “It’s truly unbelievable,” one fire chief told me. “It’s unfathomable.” bostonglobe.com/2025/07/10/met…

The Guatemalan couple that works on John Morin's dairy farm on the northern border are more than employees. They and the seven kids they're raising have become Morin's family. He says he's done with farming if they're deported. For the Globe: bostonglobe.com/2025/07/17/met…