Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and ...

This article was produced as part of the New York Jewish Week’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around New York City to report on issues that affect their lives. I’m ...

Eleven years ago, best friends Ariana Handelman and Marc Luban had a one-of-a-kind bar and bat mitzvah party: They built a playground in a day. On “Build Day,” Handelman and Luban—along with their ...