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Maine Voices: Test fee leaves high-achieving, low-income students behind

by William Nicholson Special to the Telegram January 20, 2019January 18, 2019

Maine high schoolers are on an uneven playing field when it comes to Advanced Placement exams.

You don’t need to have bad intentions to cause real pain for native people fighting for their culture.

by Jim Fossel January 20, 2019January 18, 2019

The party is split among several factions, and needs to find someone who can bring them together.

by Todd R. Nelson Special to the Telegram January 20, 2019January 18, 2019

It starts with 175 school days, stacked up tidily like so many cords of logs.

by Robert Skoglund January 19, 2019January 18, 2019

If the people like lobster, they shouldn’t have to put up with a burger-loving leader.

by Gina Barreca Hartford Courant January 19, 2019January 18, 2019

I’m discovering the surprising journey of aging.

by John Muthyala Special to the Press Herald January 19, 2019January 18, 2019

Graduates will require a multidisciplinary knowledge base that enables them to integrate their learning.

by Starita Smith Tribune News Service January 18, 2019January 17, 2019

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s case points up the historical, legal and cultural arbitrariness of racial categories.

by Daniel Shea Special to the Press Herald January 18, 2019January 18, 2019

We’ve reached a precarious intersection, and partisanship has put our republic’s future at stake.

The House speaker’s portrait of a State of the Union brimming with danger is just petty politics.