My local newspaper carried a story last week about the Vermont Food Bank finding new ways to address hunger and food insecurity in our state.

The other day, buried on page B4 of the of the New York Times business section, I read this headline: “Forever Chemicals are in Food Wraps and Just About Everyplace.’’

It is so very difficult to celebrate the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the next Supreme Court justice. 

The Senate Judiciary Committee held its opening hearings this week on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court.