Don’t let America’s domestic disarray distract from increasingly assertive military action by China.
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Commentary: Wherever they call home, older Mainers deserve to safely age in place
Sunday is National Seniors Day, as good a time as any to learn about the many organizations advocating for our older residents.
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The humble Farmer: Times change. The memory of our B&B will live on.
‘Bills evolved when Maine innkeepers started charging people from Massachusetts so much that they couldn’t look them in the eye.’ A lot else has evolved, too.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Companies, Congress should step up to support breastfeeding moms
For Black women like me, the rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration still lag those of our counterparts.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Rushdie attack shows the hard truths of Iran’s soft power
The signal from Tehran is that enemies of the regime can be attacked anywhere, even in the U.S., even decades after the regime first put a target on their backs.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Short-term rental proposal shortsighted on islands, elsewhere
The story of my cottage on Peaks is the story of countless island, lake, hunting and fishing cabins all over Maine.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Black teens are oversurveilled, overpoliced and overincarcerated
A new book confirms my own experience: When I made mistakes as a white teen, I was given second chances that my Black students today don’t get.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The U.S. needs a robust national plan for racial justice
Our failure to establish a U.N.-accredited national human rights institution leaves us in the minority.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine’s elections should not be decided by dark money, foreign governments
Over the next few months, Maine voters will be subjected to a barrage of ads, many of which will be attacks by out-of-state special interest groups. It doesn’t have to be like this.
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Commentary: Democracy not a partisan issue
A minority of senators representing a largely white minority of voters are blocking reforms that would empower more of the American people to vote.