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The State of Education

All This week VPR Commentators are looking at the state of education. Listen during All Things Considered for this special commentary series.
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VPR Presents Lilly Ledbetter

When Lilly Ledbetter learned her male coworkers were paid more for doing equal work, she filed a complaint and began a wage discrimination debate that landed in the Supreme Court. Ledbetter appeared at Vermont Technical College with Senator Patrick Leahy on Saturday, October 17th.
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Journalist Paul Roberts Speaks at UVM

Listen to Paul Roberts, author of "The End of Food," at 8 Monday evening.   Roberts spoke at UVM as part of the George D Aiken Lecture Series last week.  Hear his dicussion about the shortcomings of our food system and what you can do to make it more sustainable. 
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Gloria Steinem

Vermont Woman Newspaper brought feminist and author Gloria Steinem to Burlington June 11th in celebration of the Magazine’s sixth year and Steinem’s 75th birthday.