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Published
January 23, 2021

Commentary: Let Donald Trump run for president again

There is no need to invoke rarely used constitutional clauses to keep him from holding future federal office. He should answer to the will of the voters.
Published
January 23, 2021

Another View: Higher federal minimum wage an essential part of COVID recovery

It’s the right thing to do to provide not a handout, just a fair wage for a fair day’s work. And it’s badly overdue.
Published
January 23, 2021

Maine Voices: Delegation brushes off new ropeless gear’s potential to benefit fishermen, right whales

Instead, our lawmakers should insist on ample federal funding and incentives to drive further development, testing and rapid deployment of the technology.
Published
January 22, 2021

Our View: Portland City Council takes public business behind closed doors

Elected officials can meet in private only when they have a good reason. None is offered for an executive session on needle-exchange rules.
Published
January 22, 2021

Commentary: 48 years after Roe, we’ll keep working for reproductive freedom

Planned Parenthood will strive to defeat attempts in the Maine Legislature to take away care or shame abortion patients.

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Published
January 22, 2021

Maine Voices: Will Maine’s senators let my mom vote?

Mainers can help bring democracy to our nation’s capital at long last. We must encourage Sens. King and Collins to sign on as co-sponsors of the D.C. statehood bill.
Published
January 21, 2021

Maine Voices: Soaring on ‘wings like eagles’ as we confront climate crisis

A new reason for hope: President Biden signs an executive order on his first day in office that ensures the U.S. will rejoin the Paris climate accord.
Published
January 21, 2021

Our View: Nation should heed President Biden’s call for unity

National solidarity begins with mutual respect and a commitment to the truth.
Published
January 21, 2021

Commentary: Will Republican senators risk as much for democracy as Russia’s Navalny?

The opposition leader was poisoned by the Kremlin but has returned to Moscow to fight for free elections, as exiting Trump still lies that U.S. elections were rigged.
Published
January 20, 2021

Leonard Pitts: America no longer lives in an unpresidented time

Joe Biden will bring back something I once took for granted: He understands his duty to exhort us to vision and courage.