THE CONVERSATION — When the Federal Reserve convenes at the end of January 2023 to set interest rates, it will be guided by one key bit of data: the U.S. inflation rate. The problem is, that stat ignores a sizable chunk of the country – rural America. Currently sitting at 6.5%, the rate of inflation is still high, […]
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Maine Voices: Argument for school choice voucher program is flawed
Maine’s public schools should not be knocked by champions of a program our state does not need.
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Maine Voices: World leaders can stop Azerbaijan in its tracks. Start with sanctions.
The goal of Azerbaijani ‘eco-activists’ is clear: to terrorize Armenians and force them to leave their homeland.
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Insight: The passport paradox
New rankings show that the world is opening up – for some of us.
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Commentary: A glimmer of hope for Maine cyclists and pedestrians
In the form of its first-ever active transportation plan, our state now has an enormous opportunity to make it easier for more of us to move around.
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Maine Voices: How to put a stop to American democracy’s decline?
If we act in good faith and with good effect, there is no shortage of reforms available.
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Jim Fossel: Nothing should be off table in debt ceiling negotiation
What can the White House give that will satisfy Republicans? Plenty.
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Our View: Democrats’ plan to expand abortion rights is not ‘extreme’
Under no circumstances should cost or geography determine the rights of pregnant Mainers.
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The Maine Millennial: We have to acknowledge hard truths about pregnancy
Supporting a ban on abortion at an arbitrary gestational age means forcing women to give birth to babies they will have to watch die.
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Maine Voices: Nothing could have prepared me for the northern lights
A well-timed phone call gave us a transformative experience.