A woman who grew up around poverty and abuse explains how those with means escape consequences of their actions when those without can’t. Plus, a lack of motel rooms for sheltering unhoused people this winter, legislators want to improve Vermont’s animal welfare laws, a bill to reform regulations on electric utilities, a women’s ice hockey team dons pink jerseys to raise money for breast cancer research, and a boost in membership for an organization that supports BIPOC skiers and snowboarders.