Voters flock to the polls when they are anxious about the future, not when they are confident.
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Maine Voices: I’d rather be woke than asleep
How should we respond to people who believe God wants them to vilify innocent people? With love.
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Commentary: Progress is lurching in the wrong direction
Dobbs v. Jackson is not just a disappointing court ruling, it’s an exercise of raw political power.
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Maine Voices: Let’s celebrate Title IX and the future of women’s sports
A new generation of female athletes are fulfilling the promises that were made 50 years ago.
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Maine Voices: We won’t fix our problems if we can’t fix democracy
Majority policy preferences are ignored on abortion rights, gun safety, climate change and other issues because of unrepresentative government.
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Our View: No-inspection sales highlight housing shortage
Years of a tight market have driven up prices and forced buyers into making risky choices.
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Maine Voices: Portland should lift 5-year ban on referendum changes
The law of unintended consequences ties the city’s hands when citizen initiated polices don’t work out according to plan.
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Maine Voices: Let’s save both the Atlantic salmon and the Shawmut Dam
Keeping a hydroelectric dam on the Kennebec River would be good for the environment and the economy.
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Insight: The conservative who wrote Title IX
The author of this groundbreaking event in the women’s movement shows that progress doesn’t always come from the people you’d expect.
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Maine Voices: Boy called ‘Who rules the world’ graduates into a Jan. 6 world
When information has power, how will the politics of the Big Lie govern a young man’s life?