It’s not just a lack of housing that leads teenagers to live on the street, and the problem requires a different approach from adult homelessness.
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Trucker discovers that his co-worker is his biological father
It’s the mother of all water cooler conversations.
Commentary: In California abuse case, were neighbors unobservant or just turning a blind eye?
No one spoke up about the Turpin family’s questionable behavior – for decades. Why?
Our View: Tech companies should step up to lead phone ‘addiction’ fight
As parents try to curb kids’ screen time, they deserve help from the designers of the bells and whistles that make the devices so irresistible.
Maine Observer: Smiles from a sweet summer memory
Taking up an actual sport like tennis was the last thing I thought I’d do in retirement.
Maine Voices: Sexual harassment prevention starts in the nursery years
Do we want our children to become princesses and pirates – or responsible political and social leaders?
Maine Voices: Care with which we treat children in our society is too often imaginary
There is so much more to be done to own life and nurture children than the act of conception.
Commentary: ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ is good – it just isn’t magical
Sure, Rian Johnson’s work is sharp and inventive, but there’s nothing giddy about it.
Maine Voices: It takes big and small gifts to bring change
A mega-donation could resolve homelessness in Portland and also inspire many others to give whatever they can to help.
Maine Voices: Japan’s surrender saved a soldier from second major combat mission
With Operation Downfall looming, the writer’s father put off marriage, knowing things might be tentative.