Sexism
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PublishedJuly 28, 2023
Commentary: Kidnapping hoax should not distract us from real issue of missing Black women, girls
Real missing-person reports may elicit skepticism because of an Alabama woman’s false kidnapping tale.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2023
Commentary: Barbie is more than a longtime feminist flashpoint
Together, in the 1960s and ’70s, we weathered the societal upheavals that roiled women’s lives.
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PublishedJune 11, 2023
Commentary: Expand Mainers’ eligibility for the Medicare Savings Program
There couldn’t be a better time to provide justice to the thousands of older Mainers now struggling to make ends meet.
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PublishedApril 10, 2023
Another View: The nursing workforce needs more men
As the U.S. health care system struggles with a labor shortage, a renewed focus on recruiting can only help.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2023
Our View: Maddie Ripley’s win a victory for all those who paved the way
Ripley, the first girl to win a wrestling state title in Maine, shares her victory with Lisa Nowak and others who fought to overcome sexism.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2022
Commentary: Biden administration offers thoughts and prayers on equal rights amendment. Can it do more?
In fact, it’s the direct responsibility of the administration to publish the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2022
Leonard Pitts: Let’s not be too smug about how Iran oppresses women
There is an understanding among men that women’s bodies are community property, ours to regulate, approve, criticize and use as we see fit.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2022
Commentary: The fathers writing abortion laws are showing no mercy for daughters
Last week CNN confirmed what the optics have long suggested: Male lawmakers, many of them fathers, are most eager to punish women for having an abortion.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2022
Dine Out Maine: Can you separate the recipe from the recipe creator?
The Good, the Bad and the Umami.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2022
Commentary: The time for women to run for office is now
The COVID pandemic, rampant inflation and Russia’s involvement in Ukraine give voters plenty of motivation – and female candidates should be motivated, too.
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