opinion

Published
June 1, 2023

Another View: Sudan conflict must be brought to peaceful resolution

More than 2,500 Sudanese people are living in Maine, all of them greatly worried about the safety of their relatives back home.
Published
June 1, 2023

Commentary: Building a paid family and medical leave program that works for all Mainers

Many workers are forced to drop out of the workforce entirely to take care of their children and parents. If we want to be pro-family and pro-workforce, we need this kind of program.
Published
June 1, 2023

Clarence Page: RIP, Jim Brown, your legacy is memorable but clouded

Though he may well be recalled as the best football player to put on a helmet, his arrests for abusing women should stain his history of triumphs on the field.
Published
May 31, 2023

The Conversation: Voters want compromise in Congress — so why the brinkmanship over the debt ceiling?
Published
May 30, 2023

Michael Reagan: Memories of Memorial Day

Published
May 30, 2023

Dick Polman: The Republican presidential contest is getting awfully crowded
Published
May 30, 2023

Maine Voices: In praise of 40 years of Sunday softball in Portland

Until we established a home field in Payson Park, we were nomads, playing a few weeks here or there until chased off by permit-waving league officials.
Published
May 30, 2023

Another View: One answer to the migration crisis? Jobs.

Granting work authorization to those here on humanitarian parole isn’t the only step the Biden administration can take.
Published
May 30, 2023

Commentary: Social Security needs our help if we want it to deliver for us

It’s time for Congress to stop starving the Social Security Administration of the resources it needs to serve the public efficiently and effectively.
Published
May 29, 2023

Our View: Fulfilling our responsibility to those who died for our rights

Where would we be if a lack of volunteers left empty every local board and commission, from land use to Little League?