Many people would say they’re homeless because of the weak safety net and the severe lack of affordable places to live in Portland.
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Dana Milbank: Supreme Court decision upholding travel ban validates religious discrimination
Somehow Justice Roberts and four colleagues found Trump wasn’t seeking to bar Muslims despite the president’s obvious actions otherwise.
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Maine Voices: Top editors should re-evaluate how newspaper reports possible suicides
Certain types of content can lead to more suicides, so journalists should show restraint in their coverage.
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Commentary: Transportation secretary earns credit for defending her husband – not herself – to protesters
But Elaine Chao, who serves President Trump, is complicit in the abhorrent agenda that moved people to demonstrate.
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Leonard Pitts: Unspoken norms vital to functioning of our society may be unraveling
The political right started it and now the left is getting into the act with behavior that erodes social civility.
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Commentary: Some comparisons to Nazism are specious, but others serve as critical red flags
The author of Godwin’s Law says it’s still right to challenge the callousness of officials who claim they’re just doing what immigration statutes demand.
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Maine Voices: Punishment shouldn’t be used to help people fight hunger, find jobs
A Legislature that puts up barriers making it harder for people to access food is immoral and unjust.
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Kathleen Parker: The crying-child image becomes a Rorschach test for both sides
Where is psychiatrist Charles Krauthammer when we need him?
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Commentary: Even Sarah Huckabee Sanders has right to be served in public spaces like a restaurant
Turning her away was a hostile act that stooped to the level of her inhumane and hateful boss, an ugly place where most Americans don’t want to go.
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Maine Voices: Maine should lead fight against coastal drilling expansion
It’s not good enough to allow offshore drilling expansion anywhere, let alone our treasured coast.