AltWeeklies Wire
A Reporter Finds Getting to Cuba Easier Than Getting Outnew
Officials on the U.S. side were polite but firm when my family returned to Vermont from a two-week visit to Cuba. They ripped apart a red Che Guevara T-shirt I’d bought for my daughter. And they sliced up the two necklaces — total value $2 — that Liam had bought on a beach.
Seven Days |
Kevin J. Kelley |
01-29-2010 |
International
Vermonters Sue U.S. Over Travel to Cubanew
"No other country gets this sort of treatment," said Jared Carter, a second-year student at Vermont Law School. "Prisoners in jail who committed mass murder have more access to their family members than we do."
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
03-07-2008 |
International
Tags: Cuba, international
Peace Warriornew
Author Elie Wiesel discusses the genocide in Sudan and his opposition to the war in Iraq.
Seven Days |
Kevin J. Kelley |
04-18-2007 |
International
Pressure Chambersnew
Visiting judges testify to the dangers of being a woman on the bench in Afghanistan.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
01-25-2007 |
International
Tags: Afghanistan, court
Guardsman's Medical-Relief Fundnew
Physician's assistant Jeremy Orr went to Iraq with the Vermont National Guard in 2005 -- now he's spearheading an international relief effort to provide medical assistance to Iraqi children.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
12-06-2006 |
International
