People can’t get the help they need, so they fall into crisis. COVID just made it impossible to ignore.
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: Chipotle tries to take unionizing off the menu
The decision to close its Augusta restaurant shows that management is scared of workers exercising their rights.
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Our View: Amid shortage, young workers prove their worth
Teenagers, taken on as a last resort, are filling an important role in the tourism industry this summer.
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Our View: Overdose deaths driven by remarkable dangerous supply
Illicit drugs have always had the capacity to kill. But never like this.
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Our View: Maine cities should take advantage of opportunity to grow
The cities that thrive in coming years will be the ones who create an environment for people from all walks of life.
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Our View: Rebuilding trust should be top priority for UMaine System trustees
If Chancellor Dannel Malloy is the wrong person to win back the support of faculty and staff, then the Board of Trustees should find someone who can.
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Our View: Violating rights of indigent defendants becomes routine in Maine courts
Lawmakers made minor improvements this year, but no one believes it will be enough.
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Our View: Congress comes up short in helping hungry students
Maine has led the way by promising access to free meals for every student at every school, a policy that helps both families and schools.
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Our View: The Declaration of Independence is a statement of common purpose
The ideas in that astounding document were transformative. They can be again.
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Our View: How to fill an immediate need for Maine housing
Transitional housing could help all kinds of new residents, not just asylum seekers, find a safe, secure place to start a new life.