I am astounded that the Christian evangelical community, which so loudly proclaims their concern for family values, are supporting Donald Trump, an adulterer who has been married three times. Either their message of family values is hypocritical, or they do not think that such a concern applies to a candidate who wants to be the […]

Regarding the new building proposed for Washington Avenue, with units selling from $199,000 to $950,000 (Aug. 18): Could there be an uglier piece of property out there? I have watched the new real estate going up in what was once a lovely city, and I am appalled. Micheline Neveux Biddeford

With all your sensitive news articles regarding the abysmal hourly wages for restaurant servers in Portland, I was shocked to hear from a relative that after waiting on a table for seven, with a tab of $49.80, the tip that was left was 20 cents, to be shared between the server and the busboy. When […]

If you can’t win the argument, change the subject. It’s a tactic familiar to anyone who’s run for public office. And it’s one I encounter time and again in letters to the editor that criticize the Employment Policies Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit where I serve as executive director (“Wage-hike foe should disclose his sources’ […]

An imam and his aide are murdered in Queens, and Muslims in Westbrook receive death threats. The racism of Donald Trump is achieving its violent effect. Our elected Republican officials – Paul LePage, Maine’s governor, and U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin – add fuel to the fire by claiming that Maine’s immigrants are terrorists on the […]

We are all aware that we live in perhaps the oldest and least diverse state in the nation, where Gov. Le-Page has on several occasions tried to encourage our younger citizens to stay put after high school and college. Yet, right here in our midst, we have a bright, resourceful, hardworking and talented pool of […]