An ICU doctor says he’s worn down from treating unvaccinated patients and stunned by unvaccinated colleagues.
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Maine Voices: Maine’s child welfare problems can be solved
But it’s important that policy-makers learn the right message from recent tragedies.
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Maine Voices: Protecting children from abuse is everybody’s job
In almost every horrific case, outsiders saw something but they may not have recognized it as abuse and never reported it.
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Maine Voices: Vaccine mandate for health care workers doesn’t go far enough
The governor’s order is a step in the right direction but it’s still too easy to avoid.
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Insight: Wildfires exhibit wild behavior
Fire tornados, fire induced windstorms and ‘dry lightning’ create new challenges in bone dry western forests.
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Commentary: Face it, the Olympics have always been a forum for protest
Two days before the Olympic flame entered Tokyo’s main stadium for the opening ceremony, members of the women’s soccer teams staged protests. It started when all of the members of the British team knelt to protest racism. They were joined by their Chilean opponents. Then the U.S. and Swedish players, and even a referee knelt […]
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Commentary: Want to reduce overdose rates? Treat poverty first
Restricted access to basic needs, along with chronic stress, make people in poverty more vulnerable to substance use disorder.
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Maine Voices: City should let voters speak on publicly financed elections
The state’s highest court has ruled that Portland had no basis for blocking a referendum. But the question is still not on a ballot.
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The View From Here: Portland is at a crossroads (again)
Even a magazine’s puffery noted the tensions at work as Maine’s largest city looks to the future.
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Insight: Leaving the faith
A researcher digs behind the shrinking numbers of people who identify as white Evangelical Christians.