R. Kelly and Ghislaine Maxwell may be headed to prison, but the vast majority of sexual assaults never show up in court.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Welcoming new Mainers will address our labor shortage
Stalled U.S. immigration policy is limiting Maine businesses’ ability hire the workers they need to grow.
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Commentary: Court’s ruling on N.Y. gun law missed the legal target
Nothing in the 2nd Amendment prevents states from regulating public gun carrying.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: James G. Blaine, Maine and the ‘wall of separation’
It’s fitting that the Supreme Court used a Maine case to permit public funding for religious schools since the prohibition got its start with a Maine politician.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: No democracy without trust
Portland needs a government that reflects most people’s values, even when the work is too boring to watch.
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Jim Fossel: Dobbs decision will remake politics
The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade after nearly 50 years of letting it stand as established precedent is already having immediate impact on individuals across the country. The decision – perhaps the most consequential one by the court in my lifetime – will also have political consequences, not just […]
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Commentary: Texas leads the way on a modern nullification
The bizarre politics behind the state Republican Party platform fits with the recent rightward lurch of the Supreme Court.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Supreme Court puts an end to Maine’s anti-Catholic school policy
It wasn’t church-run schools, but Catholic Church-run schools that were the original target of the state’s school tuition exclusion.
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Commentary: The rise of tech unions shows workers reckoning with reality
Even people with ‘good’ jobs want a voice on their working conditions and their future.
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Commentary: Supreme Court decision raises stakes for local climate action
When the science clearly shows that we need to act immediately, the court is telling us that we have time to wait.