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Published
January 12, 2021

Commentary: Mob riots aren’t our only crisis. Jobs are evaporating while COVID deaths skyrocket

The country is sliding in more ways than one, and we can’t afford to ignore it.
Published
January 12, 2021

Maine Voices: Seeing the immune-suppressed in the COVID pandemic

For people with invisible illnesses like Crohn’s disease to become a priority when vaccines are allocated, our stories need to be told.
Published
January 11, 2021

Maine Voices: U.S. will be measured by its response to Jan. 6, 2021

In whipping up a crowd of supporters to storm the Capitol, Donald Trump violated one of his most sacred constitutional duties.
Published
January 10, 2021

Jim Fossel: Backroom deals are the wrong way to govern

Lawmakers in Augusta should study how Congress handled COVID relief – and do the opposite.
Published
January 10, 2021

Maine Voices: Wounds of Trump years run deeper than politics. Are we ready to heal?

The United States of America still has to reckon with the darkest eras of its past and to inclusively and equitably reconstruct what America can and ought to be.

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Published
January 10, 2021

The View From Here: Watching democracy come unglued

The assault on the U.S. Capitol looks unpleasantly familiar to an expert in Balkan politics.
Published
January 9, 2021

Commentary: Families get long-term boost from support that focuses on both generations

Households that were struggling before COVID are gaining from access to counseling and education for parents and early learning for kids.
Published
January 9, 2021

Maine Voices: Tepid response to Capitol mob attack signals strategic law enforcement failure

This is what happens when everyone insists on retaining their traditional operational sovereignty. Everybody’s in charge, so nobody’s in charge.
Published
January 9, 2021

Commentary: Rudy Giuliani has been down this riot road before

The man who urged ‘trial by combat’ Wednesday egged on a massive 1992 NYPD protest over a Black mayor’s moves toward police accountability.
Published
January 9, 2021

Commentary: The conservative case for impeaching Trump now

When the chief executive of the federal government incites an attack on the legislature, party differences should fall away.