It’s getting harder and harder to imagine the U.S. united in the face of a common enemy, as we were on this day 21 years ago.
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Commentary: The complicated history of Queen Elizabeth II
The late monarch, a widely beloved fixture of British life, leaves behind a disunited kingdom.
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The Maine Millennial: The metric of success that matters most to me
On the cusp of turning 30, I’m reflecting on what my dad had to say about room for improvement.
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Maine Voices: Education will be key to upholding our democracy
I see the demonization of teachers as part of a wider, more self-serving plan by the Republican Party,
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‘Not Working’ – readers respond to our labor crisis series
Sunday’s front-page story, the second part of our five-part series on Maine’s workforce crisis, explores the effect the pandemic had on workers of retirement age – the vast majority of the people who left our state’s workforce since early 2020 were early retirees. In the opening installment, reporter Peter McGuire gave us a sense of […]
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Commentary: Let’s break our terrible habit of both-sidesing things
Find out what’s true and what’s not, present the former and condemn the latter when necessary. It’s that simple.
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Maine Voices: How to remove obstacles on our path to universal health care
Final approval or rejection of a state-based universal health care plan could be left to voters, rather than politicians.
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Commentary: My case for Charter Commission proposals, one by one
I’m one of the 12 commissioners who worked on the measures, and I’m urging Portlanders to vote yes on all eight.
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Maine Voices: More effort must be made to protect children in state care
Meaningful reform of Maine’s Office of Child and Family Services will require input from people with firsthand experience of its workings.
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Commentary: Do ‘Trump judges’ exist? We’re about to find out.
Executive privilege is a privilege of the office, not the person who occupies it.