We need to rebuild access to the ballot box and push for Senate action on House-approved reforms.
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Commentary: Maine should build on campaign-finance reform progress
Let’s push to bar corporations from funding state-level candidates and PACs that engage in state elections.
Maine Voices: What impeachment means for fair trials in America, and why you should care
Special interests want us to pursue claims in a private forum, but we must hold on to our due process rights.
Maine Suffrage Centennial: The work that’s unfinished after a century of voting
University women marched for the right to vote a century ago, and continue to march to fight discrimination.
Our View: Pro-gun groups should denounce sloppy owners
It’s becoming too common for passengers to show up at the Portland International Jetport with loaded guns they forgot they were carrying.
Another View: U-Haul’s anti-smoking policy is creepy, intrusive
A ban on the hiring of nicotine users in the 21 states where such policies are legal does nothing to improve employees’ health.
Another View: Hypocrisy is at the heart of Equal Rights Amendment opposition
Critics are still about denying women power – they’re just phrasing it differently from they way they did in the 1970s.
Commentary: Progressives who love Christianity Today’s Trump-bashing editorial should look in the mirror
Conservatives also have a right to speak out about faith in the public square.
Our View: President Trump betrayed nation and should be impeached
It’s a vote not to punish the chief executive, but to protect our democracy.
The View From Here: Trump will get away with it – again
Republicans are committed to making sure their president faces no consequences.