Portland is at a tipping point, and many are concerned that it is following the path of other cities that are overwhelmed by open-door policies.
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Commentary: Coastal real estate can’t seem to price climate risk
Too few homebuyers have the right information to make decisions amid rising sea levels. Some states are moving in the right direction, but not enough.
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Commentary: No election system is an island – why more states must eliminate partisan primaries
We’re already seeing improvements in the states that have them, but the tide won’t fully change until a critical mass of politicians are freed from partisan primaries at the state and national level.
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The Maine Millennial: ‘Hot Labor Summer’ continues its valiant move forward
The major worker actions going on across the U.S. shine light on the fact that some workers – farmworkers, actors, even teachers – are considered less deserving of union protections.
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Commentary: ‘Oppenheimer’ has reopened debate in the U.S. In Japan, it’s more complex
The blockbuster biopic has renewed contention on the rights and wrongs of dropping the bomb. It could lead to a more useful discussion in Japan – assuming it’s ever released there.
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Commentary: Why so many college presidents are resigning
Could it be that the real reason is the effect that bad news will most certainly have on fundraising?
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Jim Fossel: Bipartisan 2024 White House ticket? Forget it.
It’s true that voters aren’t enthusiastic about a Biden-Trump rematch, but there’s little evidence that they want No Labels’ vague alternative.
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The humble Farmer: There will be a day when you wish you’d asked questions
When you are young you don’t know enough to ask questions of your elders.
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Commentary: Regulators must examine wind power’s potential damage to fisheries
Foreign green energy companies are on the verge of industrializing our ocean with thousands of wind turbines, sealing fisheries and harming lobster stocks.
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Commentary: Kidnapping hoax should not distract us from real issue of missing Black women, girls
Real missing-person reports may elicit skepticism because of an Alabama woman’s false kidnapping tale.