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PublishedNovember 3, 2022
Commentary: Portland’s Question 5 will make our schools better
The school board is solely responsible for the running of our schools. Let's make the change that reflects that.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2022
Commentary: Existing council-manager format is best for Portland
In our view, this form of governance reduces the potential for corruption, guards against authoritarian populism and increases the likelihood of efficiency and fairness.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2022
Leonard Pitts: What did members of America’s right wing do with their humanity?
When an unoffending 82-year-old man has his skull broken by anyone, the proper response is empathy, period.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2022
Mayor Snyder: Portland residents deserve a better process – let’s start by voting ‘no’
When an elected body oversees professionals employed to carry out the everyday work of municipal government, representative democracy is realized.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2022
Commentary: Seven deadly universal health care misunderstandings
Although a signature-gathering campaign to put the question of universal health care before Maine voters fell short, the process taught me a few things.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2022
Commentary: Maine home-school growth strong and persisting
Most of the students who began home-schooling during the pandemic are still home-schooling. There are several good reasons for that.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2022
Commentary: Why Gov. Mills isn’t guaranteed the youth vote this November
Young Mainers are grappling with the toughest of choices: to leave or stay in the place we call home.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2022
Commentary: How Maine can bridge workforce skills gap
While the state has already made some sensible investments in our students, we can do more.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2022
The Maine Millennial: Ask and ye shall receive
I don’t know the person who’ll be receiving my donated left kidney. I’m just glad they’ll receive it.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2022
Analysis: How the threat of ‘taxpayer-funded abortion’ mobilizes conservative religious voters
Campaigns to prevent tax dollars from funding abortion have kept anti-abortion activists and other Republican voters engaged for decades – even when a ban on legal abortion seemed unlikely.
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