A new book confirms my own experience: When I made mistakes as a white teen, I was given second chances that my Black students today don’t get.
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Our View: Liz Cheney’s undetermined task ahead
The ousted Wyoming Republican says her work is only beginning. It’s not clear what, or how effective, that work will be.
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Commentary: The U.S. needs a robust national plan for racial justice
Our failure to establish a U.N.-accredited national human rights institution leaves us in the minority.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Heat wave shows inequitable effects of climate change
In Maine as around the world, this summer’s unbearable heat has hit low-income people far harder than everyone else.
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Commentary: Maine’s elections should not be decided by dark money, foreign governments
Over the next few months, Maine voters will be subjected to a barrage of ads, many of which will be attacks by out-of-state special interest groups. It doesn’t have to be like this.
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Commentary: Democracy not a partisan issue
A minority of senators representing a largely white minority of voters are blocking reforms that would empower more of the American people to vote.
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Commentary: How fighting over grammar can help fix a divided America
I’ve taken my pop-up ‘Grammar Table’ to communities large and small. The experience shows that disagreement can be good-natured.
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Our View: Maine has a chance to lead the way on reinstating parole
Letting a supervised inmate serve the rest of their sentence in the community can work. A state panel has the opportunity to design a functional modern system.
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Commentary: Biden’s no FDR. He’s not even Obama
The Democrats’ crowing over their legislative victories is not persuasive. But it does help them rationalize coming down to earth.
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Commentary: Inflation Reduction Act supports robust clean-energy economy in Maine
Solar companies like mine are now eager to increase our investment in the state.