A small group of undocumented immigrants brought here as children offer invaluable contributions to our country and should be allowed to stay.
Op-eds
Commentary: Vaccine passports don’t have to work to be effective
The United States should develop a system to verify inoculations but not necessarily use it.
Maine Voices: Irish brothers from Machias fought, won Revolution’s first naval battle
Two months after Minutemen routed English troops, the six O’Briens seized three invading vessels in ‘the Lexington of the Sea.’
Maine Voices: Intercity passenger rail could solve many of Maine’s problems
The state should not turn rail corridors into recreational trails and miss a historic opportunity.
Commentary: For the People Act takes Maine’s election values nationwide
Voter-friendly policies, like Election Day registration and small-donor matching funds, strengthen democracy.
Maine Voices: More data needed on hospitalizations of youths in crisis
A hospital emergency department can be a trap for a teenager with no appropriate options.
What does ‘Second Amendment sanctuary’ actually mean? Absolutely nothing.
Try as they might to fight for local gun-rights refuges, proponents are firing blanks.
Insight: Controlling Maine’s energy future
An agency that can borrow money at the lowest rate is what Maine needs to move away from fossil fuels.
The Maine Millennial: Jumping to the scariest conclusion
A strangely empty inbox leads to some catastrophic thinking.
Maine Observer: Sweet memories from ‘Sap Camp’
By hauling wood, toting buckets and bottling syrup, the whole family helped eke out a living.