With the right kind of collaboration and consensus-building, South Portland can have a new ‘half-mile neighborhood’ of its own.
Op-eds
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Swing voters are fine with the Trump charges. That’s a warning to the GOP.
By using Trump’s serial breaking of our democratic norms to justify a political prosecution, his opponents become exactly what they condemn.
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Commentary: We can’t go on violating Mainers’ right to housing
We must move away from policies that treat housing as a commodity, not a right, and allow people to use housing primarily as a profit-driven investment.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Campaign spending by foreign governments threatens our democracy
Are we OK with state-sanctioned foreign interference in Maine’s referendum campaigns? We shouldn’t be.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: We know more than enough about PFAS to restrict their use
What is harming the ‘daily lives of Americans’ is not regulatory overreach. It’s constant exposure to hazardous chemicals damaging our health.
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Speaker Talbot Ross: ‘Health care for all’ must not rule out immigrants
It’s time to close a small but unjust gap in MaineCare and return our state to its longstanding practice of greater inclusion.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Tennessee politics and U.S. gun policies warped by racism
Fear drove the day as white conservatives mounted a desperate defense against the incoming racial and generational tide.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: It’s time to talk about fentanyl ingestion in children
The first problem is failure to test for fentanyl when a drug test is ordered. The second problem is timely recognition and treatment of opioid ingestion in children, which is nowhere near as rare as we like to think.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: We have a child labor crisis, not a worker shortage
There’s a reason employers are hiring children in increasing numbers: With less information, less power and fewer options, they are easier to exploit.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Nominee to head federal Department of Labor has it wrong on tipping
California official Julie Su believes tipping culture to be abusive and oppressive. We strenuously disagree.