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opinion

Published
February 16, 2022

Our View: We can choose to build roads that work for everyone

Recent deaths of pedestrians in Maine highlight just how unsafe it is to travel by foot or by bicycle on streets built for motor vehicles.
Published
February 16, 2022

Maine Voices: Pay Maine community college instructors fairly before granting free tuition

The economic feasibility of a social good cannot rely on the continued perpetuation of a socioeconomic injustice.
Published
February 16, 2022

Commentary: Parents want this book out of North Carolina high school classrooms. So I read it

The outrage over ‘The Girl Who Fell from the Sky’ is another example of adults not wanting kids to see the world the way it actually is.
Published
February 15, 2022

Our View: Maine households need long-term plan for cutting energy costs

A one-time, $90 credit is a good short-term break for the Mainers hit hardest by spiking power prices, but weatherization and other updates ultimately will make a bigger difference.
Published
February 15, 2022

Maine Voices: Save people like my friend Madison – pass L.D. 1862

Expand Maine’s Good Samaritan law, so others will not hesitate to call 911 when their friends are in crisis.

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Published
February 15, 2022

Commentary: Trump versus McConnell isn’t the real story

Sure, the minority leader would like to diminish the former president’s influence. But he cares much more about winning elections.
Published
February 14, 2022

Maine Voices: Pine Tree Amendment would help both businesses and the environment

The Pine Tree Amendment could help participants in the fishing and other industries ensure their voices are heard in local and state governance.
Published
February 14, 2022

Our View: On Valentine’s Day, project teaches what relationships should look like

Finding Our Voices, a Maine-based nonprofit, is helping students recognize unhealthy behavior, and realize someone is there to help them get away from it.
Published
February 13, 2022

Our View: Don’t let Super Bowl distract from NFL’s problem with diversity

The lawsuit from Brian Flores lays bare the worst side of the country’s most popular pro sports league.
Published
February 13, 2022

Black History Month: Both Portland and Maine complicit in economics of slavery

Via trade with the West Indies, the labor of enslaved Africans built our state and its largest city.