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Published
July 14, 2021

Leonard Pitts: Too many in America willing to trash what those in Cuba so desperately seek

In their disregard for a democratic process that says a former chief executive is no longer president, the right displays an affinity for authoritarian rule.
Published
July 14, 2021

Commentary: Cuban protesters risk their lives seeking the right to be

Thousands stand up to Miguel Diaz-Canel’s brutal brand of post-Castro communist dictatorship.
Published
July 14, 2021

Maine Voices: Federal relief funds should target Mainers hit hardest by the pandemic

Our health and economic well-being are bound together, and we can all become weaker when some people are left behind.
Published
July 13, 2021

Commentary: For heaven’s sake, get the COVID-19 vaccination

Conservative inoculation opponents frame the issue as a matter of rights when in fact it’s a matter of everyday morality.
Published
July 13, 2021

Maine Voices: Water control as political tool is playing out across the world

The struggles of Palestinians and the people of Maine for water rights and environmental justice are linked.

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Published
July 11, 2021

The View From Here: Avoiding the nostalgia trap

Seeing old friends can be a good reminder that the future has promise and the past was not always so great.
Published
July 11, 2021

Jim Fossel: Bipartisan Maine budget deal won’t help LePage

Republicans in the Legislature showed that they could work with Democratic lawmakers and the Mills administration to govern through compromise.
Published
July 11, 2021

Insight: The tale of Bar Harbor’s ‘Treasure Ship’

At the outbreak of the First World War, a German ship carrying silver and gold bullion tried to find safe harbor in Maine. The arrival kicked off a legal battle for the history books.
Published
July 11, 2021

Maine Voices: Don’t let pandemic year drag our high schoolers down

A new C* grade for full-year online or hybrid classes would allow Maine students who struggled during 2020-2021 to graduate on time.
Published
July 10, 2021

Maine Voice: Collins, King should vote to repeal outdated 2002 Iraq war authorization

Maine’s senators have come out in favor of the legislative branch reasserting its authority to declare war. Supporting S.J. Res. 10 is one way to do that.