Prime Minister Theresa May’s new strategy isn’t much better than her old one.
Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
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Our View: Students in pilot project show how to bring Mainers together
With Operation Breaking Stereotypes, students with different backgrounds prove we can be one Maine.
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Our View: Maine’s new solar law is just a first step
The last administration’s hostility to renewable energy has put the state years behind on the kind of regulatory upgrades needed to fairly price this energy.
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Another View: Fearmongering about Ocasio-Cortez may backfire on Trump supporters
Tearing down a political phenom only winds up building that person up.
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Our View: Cutting aid won’t help stop southern border crisis
President Trump’s proposal to keep the situation from escalating will only make it worse.
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Our View: Lack of privacy protection inhibits good uses of big data
Collecting real-time information on an individual level is a great planning tool – unless that information is misused.
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Our View: Facebook finally acts to counter online hate
The company has been slow to deny a platform to advocates of racial violence.
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Another View: Team names like ‘Indians’ are meant to honor, not shame
Bill Nemitz is wrong to see signs of disrespect in names based on qualities we admire.
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Our View: Maine cities need local-option sales tax
Communities like Portland, which face unique demands, should be allowed to raise revenue in different ways.
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Another View: Prosecutor tries, fails to explain the indefensible in Jussie Smollett case
It’s still unclear why hate-crime-hoax charges that consumed thousands of police man-hours were dropped, allowing a celebrity to walk.