We’re concerned that the stakeholders group Mills has set up won’t give farmworkers the state minimum wage and protection from excess overtime they deserve.
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Commentary: Beware the ugly side effects of social media’s ‘beauty filters’
Eating into young people’s self-esteem and driving us to contemplate plastic surgery, these AI-powered filters are bad news.
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Commentary: A Newsom-DeSantis debate might not be a sideshow
The sophomore class looks to be preparing for the jump to varsity.
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Jim Fossel: Social conservatism must chart a new course in Maine
If hot-button causes are to succeed, support for them cannot come from the Republican Party alone.
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Insight: COVID’s summer resurgence resists easy answers
Attributing an increase in cases to people moving indoors doesn’t make much sense. What does?
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Commentary: Match rhetoric of Indigenous sovereignty in Maine with reality
The tribal bill vetoed this year would have done a lot for the Wabanaki people, though not enough.
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Commentary: What ‘Oppenheimer’ doesn’t tell us about nuclear material
It’s no accident that people opt for the scientist over the general. I worry that history is lost in the process.
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The Maine Millennial: A long-term view on climate requires near-term sacrifice
I’m not satisfied that a green-energy future is a priority of an investor-owned Maine power company.
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The humble Farmer: I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords – maybe
I like it when ‘Hey Google’ tells me the wash is done or to take the bread out of the oven. I’m less enamored of the capacity to snoop or vehicles that defeat DIY repair.
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Commentary: What does climate change have to do with migration? More than you think
Many politicians and public officials frame climate migration as one simple story: a threat to national security. There’s way more to it than that.