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PublishedAugust 18, 2022
Commentary: Black teens are oversurveilled, overpoliced and overincarcerated
A new book confirms my own experience: When I made mistakes as a white teen, I was given second chances that my Black students today don’t get.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2022
Commentary: The U.S. needs a robust national plan for racial justice
Our failure to establish a U.N.-accredited national human rights institution leaves us in the minority.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2022
Commentary: Maine’s elections should not be decided by dark money, foreign governments
Over the next few months, Maine voters will be subjected to a barrage of ads, many of which will be attacks by out-of-state special interest groups. It doesn’t have to be like this.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2022
Commentary: Democracy not a partisan issue
A minority of senators representing a largely white minority of voters are blocking reforms that would empower more of the American people to vote.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2022
Commentary: How fighting over grammar can help fix a divided America
I’ve taken my pop-up ‘Grammar Table’ to communities large and small. The experience shows that disagreement can be good-natured.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2022
Commentary: Biden’s no FDR. He’s not even Obama
The Democrats’ crowing over their legislative victories is not persuasive. But it does help them rationalize coming down to earth.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2022
Commentary: Inflation Reduction Act supports robust clean-energy economy in Maine
Solar companies like mine are now eager to increase our investment in the state.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2022
Maine Voices: USM trip to Greenland sheds light on coastal communities’ challenges
Listening to Greenlanders tell stories about the dramatic effects of climate change is an illuminating experience.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2022
The Maine Millennial: Pine Tree Power to the people
A 2023 ballot question is likely to ask us what we think about "government-controlled power." I think I'm for it.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2022
Commentary: Contemporary debate betrays a loose grasp of history
Beware offhand charges of 'fascism' and what it is to be 'un-American.'
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