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Platner’s exit restores faith in accountability | Opinion

The national show of support for Jenny Racicot and others is a welcome — and overdue — cultural shift.

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Devastated by the blow to Platner’s powerful movement | Opinion

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Constructive criticism for Bobby Charles on healthcare | Letter

Braced for disappointment post-Platner | Letter

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As a pharmacist, I know Maine needs electronic labeling | Opinion

Our patients will be better off because of it.

Team USA is out, but the World Cup still a welcomed jolt of enthusiasm

Even with Team USA’s tournament over, there’s plenty left for American fans to enjoy as the World Cup nears completion.

Postal Service failures demand a dedicated response | Douglas Rooks

Mail delivery has become a national nightmare. Rigorous congressional and executive supervision can right the ship.

Why I’m not running for US Senate | Patrick Dempsey

No matter who you are, service begins with a simple question: How can I make someone else’s life a little better?

Graham Platner’s campaign is dead. The dream he inspired should outlive it. | Steve Collins

Platner’s supporters must absorb the lessons of his rise and fall while not giving up on the politics they believe in.

Haitian immigrants urgently need our help | Opinion

Returning Haitians to their tragic homeland will force them to make choices nobody should have to make. The Senate must restore Temporary Protected Status.

How many more birthing units can Maine afford to close? | Opinion

Access to birthing care is not a luxury. It’s a necessity.

Graham Platner must withdraw now | Opinion

Prior ‘scandals’ unearthed against the Democratic Senate candidate seemed hyperbolic. This time it’s different.

Platner mess gives Maine a chance to reset | Opinion

Mainers don’t want a brawl, they want somebody to fix the furnace. Any campaign strategy has to start there.

For sale: One democracy, lightly used | Opinion

Money has always talked in politics. Before the Supreme Court’s elimination of campaign spending caps, at least it was more of a whisper.

Remember Maine’s ‘river patriots’ | Opinion

From Vietnam to Somalia and beyond, our veterans’ sacrifices must never be forgotten.

Juneteenth should serve as a call to action | Opinion

There are still many ways that we unfairly criminalize Black people and punish them more harshly.

Platner’s mob mentality is disastrous for Maine and for America | Opinion

When the mob is finished with one group, who determines the next?

Maine can’t afford Susan Collins’ earmarks | Opinion

The numbers and the reality on the ground don’t lie.

Proposed federal rule threatens far more than scientific research | Opinion

A troubling new framework for grant applications would put invaluable federal grants of all kinds at risk.

12 of Maine’s most irresistible photo ops | Column

Without fail, these sights inspire people to stop and take a picture.

A 1774 meeting on Portland’s ‘Great Hill’ should inform America’s struggle today | Opinion

That July, future president John Adams and loyalist Jonathan Sewall, each other’s dearest friends, met on what is today the Eastern Prom. The lesson of their meeting on the hill is that democracy demands active vigilance, even when it forces us to face the ‘sharpest thorn’ in our own lives.