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Family Ties: Why One Non-Biological Parent Wants to Give Up Adoptionnew

My attorney told me that if I wanted to protect myself and my kids, I should adopt them. I wasn't entirely clear why. Did I need to adopt them because we don't share DNA? If a straight couple conceived a child using a sperm donor, would the man have to adopt the child to be considered its father?
Seven Days  |  Cathy Resmer  |  12-09-2009  |  LGBT

Will WIC For Foodnew

Honestly, I've never thought of myself as someone who would need help feeding my family. Ann-Elise and I are both college graduates. We own our house. We have good credit. We make more money now than we ever have. But none of that changes the fact that we're trying to feed, clothe and house a family of four on less than $60,000 a year -- something that's getting harder and harder to do.
Seven Days  |  Cathy Resmer  |  08-15-2008  |  Children & Families

"Bombs Away"new

AltWeeklies Award - Web Site Content Feature
Seven Days  |  Cathy Resmer  |  04-21-2008  |  Media

Niche Software Companies Take Hold in Vermontnew

We take a closer look at five of Vermont's software developers to find out why they're here, and how they found their markets.
Seven Days  |  Cathy Resmer, Kevin J. Kelley, Mike Ives, Paula Routly and Suzanne Podhaizer  |  01-25-2008  |  Business & Labor

Vets Share their (Anti) War Storiesnew

Among the Iraq War's most vocal and knowledgeable critics are some of the veterans who have served in it, like these three from Vermont.
Seven Days  |  Cathy Resmer  |  04-25-2007  |  War

An I For An Eyenew

Encouraging victims and offenders to talk about crime -- with each other.
Seven Days  |  Cathy Resmer  |  11-24-2006  |  Crime & Justice

Swan Songnew

Vermont's hospice choruses deliver deathbed serenades.
Seven Days  |  Cathy Resmer  |  11-09-2006  |  Science

Difficult Transitionsnew

One Vermont mom struggles to help her daughter become a man.
Seven Days  |  Cathy Resmer  |  08-16-2006  |  Sex

Seven 'Gays'new

For members of Vermont's GLBTQA community, "pride" is not just about same-sex lovin'.
Seven Days  |  Cathy Resmer  |  07-07-2006  |  LGBT

Born Again to Be Wildnew

Motorcyclists for Jesus take to the road.
Seven Days  |  Cathy Resmer  |  06-23-2006  |  Religion

Who's Destroying America?new

The anti-Communist conspiracy theorists at the John Birch Society have identified new enemies of the state -- illegal immigrants.
Seven Days  |  Cathy Resmer  |  06-01-2006  |  Immigration

The Other Mothernew

I'm not the mom, and I'm not the dad -- who the heck am I?
Seven Days  |  Cathy Resmer  |  05-11-2006  |  LGBT

Sundae Bloody Sundaenew

Ben and Jerry's apologizes to the Irish for Black & Tan ice cream.
Seven Days  |  Cathy Resmer  |  04-26-2006  |  Business & Labor

DIY Journalismnew

Veteran Vermont journalist Dan Gillmor has spent two years focusing on citizen journalism, and he says your newspaper should be doing the same.
Seven Days  |  Cathy Resmer  |  04-12-2006  |  Media

Uncivil Libertiesnew

Vermont Renewal fights against what founder Steven Cable calls the "valueless, culturally toxic agenda" of the "homosexual lobby" -- now some bloggers are fighting back.
Seven Days  |  Cathy Resmer  |  03-31-2006  |  Media

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