The Trump attack on the National Endowment for the Humanities strikes at the root of fundamental American values and practical foundations of our democracy.
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Maine Voices: Lack of early-education funds shapes up as national security issue
A full 7 in 10 young Americans are not even eligible to serve their country in the armed forces.
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Maine Voices: News coverage of pedestrian deaths reflects a blame-the-victim bias
By inference, reports often excuse a driver who kills or maims someone who is walking or riding a bicycle.
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Maine Voices: Bay State reminds us of importance, fragility of child reading programs
Maine took a page from a successful Massachusetts model that’s now imperiled by state funding cuts.
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Maine Voices: Much-maligned lawyers represented the best of our nation in airports
With more challenges coming, lawyers will be on the front line securing a shared belief in the rule of law.
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It’s time to take up Rachel Carson’s challenge
Human evolution shows that our emotions such as fear, anger and sadness should not rule us if we want to maintain the ties that are critical to our survival.
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Labor secretary must be energetic, principled voice for working people
The labor secretary should possess the experience and temperament to stand up for the good of workers.
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It’s hard to understand Rep. Lawrence Lockman’s fear of immigrants
Immigrants actually make U.S. cities better, not worse, and Lockman’s fear-mongering cannot change that simple truth.
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School broadband access should be funded from a broad base of support
Using landline surcharges only places too much of the burden on seniors who are on fixed incomes.
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Maine Voices: Repeal of Obamacare would leave thousands of hardworking Mainers in the lurch
Making sure that they keep their health care is more important than yet another tax cut for the wealthy.