The industry, besieged with short- and long-term struggles, got a lot of attention last week. That needs to continue when it’s not an election year.
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Maine Voices: No schools in Maine retain Native American nicknames, mascots – that’s something to celebrate
The focus has been on the bill banning the practice in the future, but it should be on the heroes who brought about its end.
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Maine Suffrage Centennial: To make America great, vote Black women into office
Black women are uniquely equipped to provide inclusive, fiscally adept and collaborative leadership.
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The Maine Millennial: New normal is still a lot of fun at Maine Wildlife Park
A return visit in the time of COVID is an occasion to share one-way trails with masked families, all there to check out a variety of critters.
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Maine Observer: With the write stuff, COVID can bring you closer to your kin
For one grandfather, letters on personalized stationery bridge the distance between Kennebunkport and Florida.
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Another View: Opponents haven’t given up on stopping CMP corridor
Mainers will be checking whether legislative hopefuls represent their interests or those of foreign utilities.
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Jim Fossel: Pandemic highlights conventions’ shrinking relevance
We carry on with these archaic traditions every four years, but they rarely make much of a difference in either that specific election cycle or national politics.
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Another View: Another loss for DeVos, another win for students
The dangerously incompetent education secretary fails again to funnel public dollars toward private schools.
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Maine Voices: The school/college reopening conundrum – face-to-face or remote learning?
We need appropriate distance education tools, not as fallback approaches, but rather as an effective and desirable alternative.
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Commentary: Colleges’ move away from standardized testing during COVID should be permanent
When schools adopted entrance exams, they believed it put every student on a level playing field. But that’s never been true.