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Columns

Published
October 14, 2022

Superintendent Botana: ‘Yes’ on Question 5 will let Portland school board do its job

Let Portland Public Schools and school board members focus on students’ needs in the budget process without City Council second-guessing.
Published
October 12, 2022

Leonard Pitts: So many seem to be having so much fun being loud and proud about their hate

It’s enough to make you wonder whether someone’s put something in the national water supply.
Published
October 12, 2022

Commentary: Fostering community key to solving Maine youth mental health crisis

It’s up to us to make the young people in our cities and towns feel that they matter.
Published
October 11, 2022

Commentary: If reelected to Maine’s Legislature, I will scratch and claw to strengthen a woman’s right to choose

The U.S. Constitution ought to adopt an Equal Rights Amendment. The Maine Constitution must, too.
Published
October 10, 2022

Commentary: Maine still treating Indigenous tribes like second-class citizens

The state's tribes are still waiting for access to rights and benefits enjoyed by hundreds of tribes across the nation.

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Published
October 9, 2022

Maine Observer: Doing my bit to fight the fires of 1947

I was drafted to help the fires that ravaged parts of the state, but we had no idea of what was in store for us.
Published
October 9, 2022

Insight: Defeat by delay: A tale of clean energy and dirty money

The next hearing in the NECEC case won't take place until April. Maine should not allow the national oil and gas industry to stall clean-energy development.
Published
October 9, 2022

Jim Fossel: In Maine, nationwide, this election may come down to the wire

Will voters care more about fiscal and public safety issues, or will they prioritize abortion rights and concerns about democracy?
Published
October 9, 2022

Commentary: The threat to democracy that no one’s talking about

Voters, of all political stripes, have much to lose from the imposition of a system of voting that forces them to pick sides and stay in their lanes.
Published
October 9, 2022

The Maine Millennial: Get your abortion pills before you need them

Mifepristone and misoprostol are safer than Tylenol. And by keeping them on hand, I won’t be putting my future in anyone’s hands but my own.