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Leonard Pitts: None of this is about immigration

by Leonard Pitts Jr. Tribune Content Agency September 21, 2022September 20, 2022

If you solve a problem, you can no longer exploit it. Leave it unsolved, and you can use it to rub raw the emotions of your target audience.

by Maureen Downey The Atlanta Journal-Constitution September 21, 2022September 21, 2022

That the pandemic served as ‘a wrecking ball for … public education’ is in no doubt. But blame should not be laid on schools alone.

by Orlando Delogu Special to the Press Herald September 21, 2022September 29, 2025

Northeastern University’s Roux Institute will benefit Portland and Maine. Disagreement on the campus plan shouldn’t stand in its way.

by Kristen Miale Special to the Press Herald September 20, 2022September 19, 2022

A unique collaboration spurred by the pandemic led to our state’s lowest food insecurity rates in nearly 20 years. We need more of the same.

by Chris Burns Special to the Press Herald September 20, 2022September 19, 2022

Fiction has the luxury of not having to worry about issues it fails to consider. Reality doesn’t.

by Peter Jacobs Special to the Press Herald September 19, 2022September 18, 2022

Being alone in nature, in silence, is far from weird. It’s wonderful.

by Victoria Hugo-Vidal September 18, 2022September 17, 2022

A head of state, as opposed to a head of government, could be a useful outlet for a variety of energies.

The most expensive political campaign in Maine history could haunt the Democrats yet.

by Anthony DeBery Special to the Telegram September 18, 2022September 17, 2022

The recent ‘redlisting’ ignores that, for 25 years, Maine lobstermen have been playing by the rules – and those rules have worked.

by Ben Jones and Kate MacLeod Special to the Telegram September 18, 2022September 19, 2022

Planning to violate children’s rights today with a promise to make it up to them tomorrow is not a plan for equal access to education.