People in Maine and elsewhere shouldn’t struggle to buy essentials while multinational corporations make record profits.
Ben Bragdon
Staff Writer
Ben Bragdon is managing editor of the Sun Journal. Prior to that, he was deputy managing editor for news at the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. Ben was previously editorial page editor for those newspapers and Central Maine Sunday for more than 10 years. Before that, he was managing editor for weekly newspapers at Current Publishing in Westbrook. He began his career as a reporter at the Piscataquis Observer in Dover-Foxcroft and editor at the Moosehead Messenger in Greenville. He has a bachelor’s degree in history from Boston University.
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Our View: Heat wave shows inequitable effects of climate change
In Maine as around the world, this summer’s unbearable heat has hit low-income people far harder than everyone else.
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Our View: National monument part of Katahdin-area comeback
Local leaders wisely chose a future based on outdoor recreation and green energy.
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Our View: Drivers who kill Maine pedestrians must be held accountable
The families of three victims of a fatal crash last year in Augusta are finding out how little the law recognizes people who use the street to walk or bike.
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Our View: Mega-mergers can be nightmarish. Just ask Stephen King.
When power becomes consolidated in fewer and fewer hands, the market gets skewed, and workers and consumers ultimately suffer.
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Our View: The number of uninsured Americans is at an all-time low. Let’s keep it that way
If Congress doesn’t act, then millions of Americans could lose health coverage at the end of the year.
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Our View: Bill Russell’s legacy goes far beyond his 11 championships
A principled and uncompromising activist, Russell used his status to stand up for racial justice.
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Our View: There’s more to preserving democracy than reforming the Electoral Count Act
While the bill from Maine Sen. Susan Collins is a thorough response to the problems caused by Donald Trump following the 2020 election, the real problem is much bigger.
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Our View: Augusta’s sturgeon statues show how art enriches our communities
Across Maine, these initiatives have provided an outlet for artists, and brought people together.
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Our View: Jeanie Cannell and our heartbreaking housing crisis
A woman and her family profiled by this newspaper show us how bad decisions on development have left many Mainers with few choices.