ASL interpreters, including a woman from Maine, opened last week’s event to more Americans.
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.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Out-of-state waste has no place in Maine landfills
Regulators and the Legislature should close a loophole that goes against the intent of a decades-old law.
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Our View: Climate change effects becoming harder to ignore
Between smoke from West Coast wildfires and brown grass from a drought, Mainers could easily see how rising temperatures are affecting our world.
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Our View: Treat suicide as the public health problem it is
A new task force to help Maine veterans will do the important work of lowering the stigma that is getting in the way of care.
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Our View: Congress seems to be courting a long recession
The House has a bipartisan COVID relief package, but Senate Republicans have failed to grasp the moment’s urgency.
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Our View: Congress comes together finally to help national parks
The Great American Outdoors Act was a great step, but the work shouldn’t end there.
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Our View: COVID-19 prevention measures are there for a reason
Carelessness and failed leadership turned a few cases of the coronavirus into Maine’s biggest outbreak.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: President Trump fails to acknowledge suffering caused by COVID
As the U.S. surpasses 200,000 deaths from the virus, the president says that it ‘affects virtually nobody.’
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Our View: ‘Long-haulers’ reveal true scope of COVID crisis
Millions of Americans who contract the illness could need care for years.
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Our View: Congress should make a deal on COVID relief
Too many Republicans on Capitol Hill seem content to sit back and watch Americans suffer.