Failing to respond to their plight and persecution would compound the crime of their expulsion.
Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
Our View: LePage blocks path forward for Riverview
The governor won’t collaborate, and people with mental illness in state care pay the price.
Another View: Question 2 would get health care to Mainers who need it
A legislator’s commentary about Medicaid expansion doesn’t address the real struggles people face.
Another View: Banning ‘bump stocks’ small fix for huge problem
Getting rid of the devices won’t be enough to make military-style weapons sufficiently safe.
Another View: By tapping Equifax for data services, IRS violates public’s forced trust
Unbelievably, the company responsible for a massive security breach will soon be paid $7.25 million to help prevent fraud.
Our View: Anti-immigrant school bullying hurts all of us in Maine
Whether it’s brazen or subtle, discrimination keeps minority students from learning and puts districts at legal risk.
Our View: Mainer’s sleep-studies Nobel Prize shows impact of science on daily life
The prize for medicine goes to three researchers at a time when fact-finding is under attack.
Our View: History doesn’t jibe with rosy York County casino forecast
As voters weigh a slots parlor in southern Maine, they should compare the predictions and the outcome at the Oxford venue.
Another View: Give our teachers the freedom to go where they’re needed
If states agree on shared standards and recognize credentials earned elsewhere, a shortage could be eased.
Our View: What will we learn from massacre in Las Vegas?
We should determine what happened, but also ask why indiscriminate mass murder occurs with such regularity in the U.S.