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Published
September 6, 2020

Insight: Climate crisis not getting a wartime response

A World War II era energy project stands in sharp contrast to Maine's slow progress on offshore wind.
Published
August 23, 2020

Insight: Not our Pearl Harbor, but our Somme

World War I’s bloodiest battle denotes the scope of the societal shifts necessary to combat COVID.
Published
August 16, 2020

Insight: Getting our house in order

Black lives won't matter until we answer for the sins of slavery.
Published
August 9, 2020

Insight: Antitrust laws are no match for Big Tech

Century-old statutes can't cope with companies that maintain market dominance through harvesting data for free.
Published
July 19, 2020

Insight: Fear of flying is a COVID symptom

Airlines were able to bring back their customers soon after the 9/11 attacks, but recovering from the pandemic might not be so easy.

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Published
July 12, 2020

Insight: How to handle a demagogue

Joe McCarthy was infamous. But Republicans stuck with him – just as they have with Donald Trump.
Published
June 28, 2020

Insight: The nation’s first Black lawyer got his start in Maine

Fighting racial discrimination all the way, Macon Bolling Allen blazed a trail in the legal profession that started with his admission to the bar in Portland.
Published
May 31, 2020

Insight: Bernie Sanders becomes a team player

The Vermont senator is working with Democratic establishment to elect Joe Biden, even though he is still not a member of the party.
Published
May 10, 2020

Insight: Industry history tells why meatpacking is a COVID-19 hot spot

In the best of times, these are hard jobs done by workers with little clout.
Published
April 26, 2020

Insight: Reopening the economy after COVID

Deciding how and when to restart American businesses is ultimately a nonpolitical question that we should all help answer.