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Op-eds
Commentary: COVID crisis highlights need to rethink early care in Portland
Public schools have benefited from consistent funding and coordinated policies during the pandemic – early care programs deserve the same.
Maine Voices: Open primaries should head list of crisis-driven election reforms
Closed primaries disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Mainers and enable the election of partisan legislators.
Rep. Morales: As police-related killings, COVID infections rise, it’s time to see color
So many things must change to ensure better lives for black and brown people in our country.
Maine Voices: Maine fusion center suit shows it’s time to confront mass surveillance
Government and big corporations are crunching our data and sorting us into different categories for their purposes.
Commentary: Mills administration’s plan to reopen Maine relies on selective science
The Legislature must be reconvened and the plan redrawn so that Mainers get a say in the state’s economic recovery.
Commentary: Twitter’s inaction on Trump’s unfounded ‘murder’ tweets is disgraceful
The tweets about the death of an aide to ex-U.S. Rep. Joe Scarborough violate the platform’s own rules and should be deleted.
Commentary: We’re all on Maine’s roads together – let’s stay safe
In this reduced-traffic environment, all users need to remember and abide by the rules of the road and take safety precautions.
Betsy Sweet: Looking at a post-COVID-19 world
The virus has exposed the need for universal health care, investment in infrastructure and broadband access for everyone.
Commentary: Trump says a lot of foolish things. Taking them seriously gives him too much credit
Commentators should focus on the remarks that are calculating and pay less attention to the ones that are just ignorant.