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Columns

Published
April 12, 2021

Maine Voices: COVID’s long-term impact on higher ed

Colleges and universities may become less cloistered institutions and, possibly, less expensive.
Published
April 11, 2021

Maine Voices: I’ve spent my working life fighting other people’s racism. Now I must confront mine.

An educator and former prosecutor is now doing the necessary work of challenging his own false stereotypes about Black people.
Published
April 11, 2021

Jim Fossel: Hypocrisy abounds in response to Georgia voting law

Republicans lash out at big business and Democrats find some new friends, while corporations claim to discover a moral core.
Published
April 11, 2021

She isn’t a military veteran, but she deserves to be buried among them

After two decades serving those who served, Christine Pratt might soon get a plot in the cemetery she helped create.
Published
April 11, 2021

The Maine Millennial: Stop attacking transgender children

We need to remember that transgender boys and girls are really just boys and girls.

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Published
April 11, 2021

Maine Observer: Flag reflects a nation’s sorrow

During this time of division, Americans need to remember how they came together in the past.
Published
April 11, 2021

The View From Here: When a disease becomes a crime

In Maine, we are still trying to arrest our way out of an overdose epidemic that keeps getting worse.
Published
April 10, 2021

Commentary: Don’t put Maine’s health care decisions in the hands of a third party

L.D. 675 could cost thousands of Maine patients and their families access to the medications that allow them to live fulfilling lives, says the mother of a chronically ill teen.
Published
April 10, 2021

Maine Voices: ICE’s actions tear at fabric of our local communities

The plight of a young man detained by ICE for a non-criminal offense helps show why local resistance to ICE continues to grow.
Published
April 10, 2021

The humble Farmer: April is the cruelest month if you’re trying to mulch the rhubarb patch

The same people who go on and on about the stuff’s generative properties are understandably mum about how one applies it in a 17 mph wind.