More than half the time when I mention domestic abuse to someone in Maine, they tell me they too were terrorized by someone they loved, or that this happened to their mother, grandmother, sister or daughter.
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Our View: Maine can’t let up against unrelenting housing crisis
Gov. Mills and the Legislature have made progress in recent years, but it will take a sustained effort to build enough new units.
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Leonard Pitts: ‘All for one and one for all’ – but only when it’s convenient for Ron DeSantis
The Florida governor’s hypocrisy, his secession of convenience from the ideal of the larger us, suggests a different model of Americanism.
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The Conversation: Unrest across Iran continues under state’s extreme gender apartheid
THE CONVERSATION — Unrest continues to erupt across Iran following the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, who died after being arrested and reportedly beaten by Iran’s morality police. The Iranian force took Mahsa (Zhina) Amini into detention on Sept. 16, 2022, for not wearing her hijab according to the rules. As of Sept. 28, at least […]
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Letters to the editor: Scam scare; more 2022 endorsements
Scam scare I nearly got scammed last week. Luckily, we knew just the person who could help me. But let’s start at the beginning. Sometimes when I buy items online, I use PayPal, a very reputable company which I have used many times. Once you sign up, you don’t have to keep putting your credit […]
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Jase Graves: The pen is sillier than the sword
For those of you who don’t know, my more respectable gig for the past quarter century, or so, has been teaching college English. (Scary, I know.) Teaching English is sometimes like teaching a teenager to drive a car – including the sensations of intense frustration, looking away in terror, and dreading a catastrophic pileup of […]
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Our View: COVID boosters key to getting through Maine winter
We may or may not be heading for a severe surge. But if we are, the new booster shots will help limit its impact.
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Commentary: Canada is doing its part to protect right whales
There has been a steady drumbeat eager to ‘Blame Canada’ for the plight of North Atlantic right whales.
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Commentary: Fentanyl feels like the monster coming for our kids. What should parents say?
Children are being poisoned by fentanyl, a deadly opioid. Here’s how a family therapist suggests telling kids about it.
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Commentary: Hurricane Fiona devastated Puerto Rico. When will these Americans get support?
Each community across the archipelago faces its own obstacles, but all share the awareness that we cannot rely on a federal and a local government that have chronically failed us.