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opinion

Published
May 6, 2020

Our View: Can we coexist with COVID long enough for vaccine to emerge?

Whether we, as a society, can weather the long development and approval process is far from certain.
Published
May 5, 2020

Maine Voices: Bold action on COVID testing is needed to get people back to work

A Nobel Prize-winning economist's proposal – test essential workers daily, test the rest of us every two weeks – sets up a framework for gathering the data we need to make a decision
Published
May 5, 2020

Commentary: Harsh rhetoric tears us apart – and can make violence seem acceptable

The often-overlooked reaction to the 1970 Kent State shootings offers chilling lessons for us today.
Published
May 5, 2020

Our View: Maine should not follow demonstrators

Ignoring public health regulations during an epidemic won't bring back the state's economy.
Published
May 5, 2020

Commentary: In COVID crisis, long-term care employees have been Maine’s everyday heroes

They're on the front lines, providing life-sustaining care, and a national study has found many are now their household's only breadwinner.

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Published
May 4, 2020

Maine Voices: COVID hits hard on the working poor

People who live paycheck to paycheck can't take the steps to protect their health that are available to their better-off neighbors.
Published
May 4, 2020

Our View: Allow SNAP recipients to shop online

Americans who use food stamps should be able to shop the same way as everyone else.
Published
May 3, 2020

Maine Observer: A morning run with a Freeport Olympian

Joan Benoit Samuelson is in a class of her own, but she shares the road with a neighbor for at least part of her workout.
Published
May 3, 2020

The Maine Millennial: Postal Service may become a COVID casualty

We are in danger of losing an institution enshrined in our Constitution that offers a service that no private company would provide.
Published
May 3, 2020

Our View: Maine is not alone in pandemic crisis

A worldwide recession on the heels of a global pandemic has as much impact here as do the choices made in Augusta.