Our Favorite Progressive Candidates in 2024 - Tanya Vyhovsky, Vermont Senate, Chittenden Central

This week we are profiling Tanya Vyhovsky (she/they), the only member of the Vermont Senate from the Vermont Progressive Party, the 3rd-largest political party in Vermont (in 2022 we profiled Taylor Small, the leader of the Vermont Progressive Party in the Vermont House of Representatives). As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Tanya’s platform is about bringing working class, younger voices that have often been shut out of power into the statehouse. The issues Tanya cares most deeply about are; a sustainable and just economy, healthcare, mental health, climate, criminal legal change and democracy.

Environmental Impacts of the Russia Ukraine War and Europe's Plan to Dump Russia's Energy

We all know the Ukrainian and Russian war is terrible for many terrifying reasons, but there is one that we haven’t really been talking about. With these extreme heat waves blazing over Europe we need to talk about how this war is impacting our environment and further intensifying climate change.

Articles, Editor's Pick, zIssue 44Goldie AharonAugust 8, 2022ukraine, war, bombing, environment, protest, support, peace, impactsComment

What's happening in Ukraine?

Following an eight year long war between Ukraine and Russia, the Russian leader Vladimir Putin launched a ‘large scale invasion’ on a country of over 44 million on the 24th of February 2022. Whilst Kremlin officials themselves were surprised by Putin’s actions, thinkers associated with foreign policy realism had been predicting such conflict since as early as the 90’s.