A universal meals program would improve students’ health and achievement.
Our View
Our View: The many deaths from COVID-19 cannot be wished away
President Trump has no plan to stop the deaths from the novel coronavirus, so he’s trying to make them disappear.
Our View: Mainers should plan for a COVID winter
As the temperatures drop, we will all need to take special care to keep each other safe.
Our View: Changes at U.S. Postal Service a threat to democracy
Postal workers are being kept from doing their jobs, and that could delay the delivery of mail-in ballots in the November election.
Our View: 207 area code makes us one Maine
With all the forces dividing the state, the first three digits of our phone numbers tie us together.
Our View: School plan gives a way forward
A flexible framework that ties school reopening to local risk factors makes sense for Maine.
Our View: Juneteenth offers reckoning on race
The holiday marking the end of American slavery is an occasion to consider the still unfulfilled promises of freedom.
Our View: We don’t need another vote on voting
Maine voters have twice said yes to ranked choice voting. Why won’t Republicans listen?
Our View: Even amid the outbreak, people dealing with addiction are not alone
Stay-at-home orders have made it difficult for people with substance use disorder, but there is still help out there.
Our View: Remember, we are all in this together
We’ve been thrown off our routines, robbed of our usual social contacts, and plunged into uncertainty, but there’s help if you need it.