Congress should repeal permission to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before the next round of leases is granted in 2024.
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Maine Voices: Tribal sovereignty is at the core of many issues
Activists concerned about climate change and abortion rights should join in the fight for state recognition of Wabanaki rights.
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Maine Voices: Lawmakers should ban assault-style weapons
The common factor in all mass shootings is not mental illness but access to guns, a child psychiatrist writes.
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Commentary: Congress must bring back the child tax credit
Our experiment with helping parents pay for rent, food and other bills dramatically reduced hunger and child poverty.
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Leonard Pitts: Trump loyalists learn the hard way that they’ve been had
The Jan. 6 committee has revealed that Trump raised $250 million after the 2020 election for a bogus legal defense fund.
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Alcohol more common in sexual assault among college students
One in eight college men admit to committing assault while in high school or college, usually against a victim incapacitated by alcohol.
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Maine Voices: Support for Ukrainian refugees should set the standard for all
The federal government should extend its welcome to others fleeing war and oppression, including the 1,800 African asylum seekers who came to Maine over the last year.
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Maine Voices: Administration to blame for Barron Center staff shortage
It isn’t COVID that’s causing the problem but a crisis of leadership, a nurse says.
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Jim Fossel: After Tuesday, party unity will be the key to success
Reconciling factions within the parties is always a challenge after the primaries are decided.
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Maine Voices: Inaction on gun safety takes teachers’ breath away
How can we tell our students that they are safe when our government does nothing in the face of mass murder?