The U.S. embassy in Dakar recently rejected visa applications for several members of Senegal’s women’s basketball team. The team had been scheduled to train in the U.S. Senegal is also among the 36 nations that the United States is considering adding to a travel ban. These visa rejections were wrong, just as those travel bans […]
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Posted inLetters
Call Sen. Collins about the big bill | Letter
Sen. Collins needs to hear from us. I think she believes that we all have rights, with no exceptions. But her political party has been taken over by people who want to suppress the rights of everyone but rich, white, cisgendered, male, American citizens. They want to cut services for the poor to give themselves […]
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
I’m celebrating the miracle that is my transgender daughter | Opinion
All of us in Maine should be working to make our communities more inclusive, not less.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
For Mainers, stacking firewood isn’t just a chore. It’s ritual, engineering and art.
As with any well-loved tradition, wood stacking invites strong opinions.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Hold Maine’s paper mills to higher standards | Editorial
Where the EPA isn’t sufficiently stringent about pollution, the state needs to pick up the slack.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
How did Maine’s congressional delegates reply to strikes on Iran? | Jim Fossel
A set of contrasting responses shows us how easily developments like this can sow political dissent.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Girls Who Code is bridging the gender gap in STEM fields
The program is geared to knocking down obstacles that girls may face pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering or mathematics.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine will benefit by investing heavily in science, innovation | Opinion
Investments made today pay dividends in the form of jobs and dynamic, healthy communities.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Bombs can’t be the solution to our problems | Victoria Hugo-Vidal
One minute I’m watching Nathan Lane in drag, the next we’re striking Iran. Why do we keep doing this to ourselves?
Posted inLetters
To ‘stop Trump,’ focus on economy | Letter
This is a response to the June 17 op-ed “Maine’s congressional leaders must step up to stop Trump.” The best way to stop President Donald Trump is for Democrats to take back the U.S. House and Senate in the 2026 election. Democrats lost the 2024 election because they didn’t pay enough attention to working class […]