Colleges and universities are taking a big risk by reopening while the coronavirus is still spreading.
Op-eds
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Bill Nemitz: True grit – from public housing to a scholarship that bears her name
Local housing authorities, normally associated with putting a roof over low-income Mainers’ heads, help ‘break the cycle of poverty’ by way of a college education.
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Commentary: Double voting trick would disrupt the counting process
The American electorate would be the big loser if many try to pull off the president’s proposed stunt.
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Commentary: How come it’s safe for kids to go back to school in Germany?
In contrast to the United States, Germany’s government delivered accurate information and contained the spread of the virus.
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AFL-CIO: This Labor Day, let’s work to elect a pro-labor senator
Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins has supported policies that hurt Maine workers and their families.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Op-eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: Mainers can face COVID-19 head-on, or they can hide behind God
The Sanford preacher at the center of Maine’s worst pandemic outbreak promises the ‘pestilence’ will be smote from on high.
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Commentary: Maine needs to repair its child welfare system again
Overuse of foster care has traumatic effects on children and families.
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Leonard Pitts: 2020 is the year of our fragility
In the midst of calamity, one death serves as a reminder that life is precious and often gone too soon.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Grandmother would know how to face this pandemic
A member of a practical generation that didn’t complain, this writer’s grandmother would have met the crisis head-on.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: It’s not minorities who benefit from unfair college admissions
Asian and Black applicants have been pitted against each other for scarce Ivy League slots, but the real beneficiaries of the process are wealthy and white.