Since the 1970s, I’ve written editorials about what was then called “gun control.” In recent years, I largely passed over the subject. Back then, it was unthinkable elementary school kids could be gunned down in a classroom, Bible classes and synagogues profaned, or that shopping malls, cinemas, restaurants and music festivals would see mass killing […]
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The Conversation: Trans joy and family bonds are big parts of the transgender experience lost in media coverage and anti-trans legislation
Since the beginning of 2023, 49 U.S. state legislatures have introduced over 500 anti-trans bills. While mainstream media increasingly cover violence and legislative attacks against trans people, many scholars and activists worry that focusing just on violence and discrimination fails to capture the full experience of being trans. Drawing on the success of movements like […]
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Commentary: Want to land at the top of hiring lists? Start learning Spanish.
All signs point to the need for more Spanish-English bilinguals in the workforce.
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Commentary: Proposed paid family and medical leave bill unworkable for Maine
Businesses around the state are concerned that the proposal could be too costly and have negative effects on staffing.
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Commentary: PFAS contamination also has mental health impact on Maine’s farmers
Cultivemos, a network funded by the 2018 Farm Bill, is making sure that farmers have increased options for access to supportive services where they live and where they work.
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Commentary: No government mandate will fix the challenges Maine’s hospital nurses face
Maine Med urges lawmakers to focus on health care education funding and accountability for those who assault nurses, not rigid staffing ratios.
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John L. Micek: Words of wisdom and a warning
My best friend was around to my house on a recent Saturday for a long-overdue reunion. Adult schedules and the demands of parenthood being what they are, it had taken U.N.-level negotiations to get our calendars to match. As we caught up, with a ballgame on in the background, it wasn’t long before our teenaged […]
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Michael Reagan: America’s biggest threat was not Jan. 6
What was the biggest threat to America in the last seven years? If you have swallowed the party line of the Democrats, it was the storming of the Capitol by dangerous Trump “insurrectionists” on Jan. 6, 2021. For more than two years, Democrats and their parrots in the liberal media touted 1/6 as the worst […]
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Our View: Fudging on assault weapons ban is what’s appalling
Of the four members of Maine’s congressional delegation, only Rep. Chellie Pingree supports a ban on guns capable of inflicting unthinkable damage on our communities. Her counterparts aren’t prepared to say much about why they don’t.
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Clarence Page: Justice is imperiled when politicians exploit vigilantism
The groundswell of Republican support for a man charged in the chokehold death of a fellow New York subway rider has an air of ruthlessness.
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