The violent invasion of the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters should make it clear that words have consequences.
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Our View: King’s call for economic justice unfulfilled
Racial disparities in income and wealth are as restrictive today as segregation was in the past.
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Another View: Climate change remains the greatest crisis of our crisis-filled era
Each of the last seven years has been among the 10 warmest on record. The U.N. warns rightly that we are not doing enough to deal with it.
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Our View: It is the Senate’s duty to convict, expel President Trump
Republicans must finally do what they haven’t done in four years – hold the chief executive accountable for his dangerous actions.
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Our View: Supreme Court hints it favors state abortion limits
But Maine lawmakers should not enter into futile debates on this emotional issue.
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Our View: Collins should challenge Trump’s lies
Mainers who voted for Donald Trump need to hear unequivocally from the whole congressional delegation that the 2020 election was aboveboard.
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Our View: Small-business growth is the recession’s cure
The job loss in 2020 was worse than any recession in the last 50 years and will take extraordinary action to bring jobs back.
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Another View: Focus on restraining President Trump until he’s gone
He has said he’d go along with the transition on Jan. 20 – but there is no guarantee he will do so, and he could do a lot of damage in the coming days.
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Our View: After Friday’s final ‘Jeopardy!’, what will we do without Alex?
After 37 years and more than 8,000 episodes, we say goodbye to a television legend.
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Our View: Trump leads attack on democracy itself
The president’s stream of lies has turned millions of his supporters into enemies of their own country.