Commentary: Let’s be clear what we mean when we talk about socialism

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Published
July 29, 2021

Commentary: Let’s be clear what we mean when we talk about socialism

Complaints about socialism are really focused on the social safety net, which is part of a capitalist society.
Published
July 29, 2021

Commentary: Land trusts, sportsmen work to revitalize Land for Maine’s Future

Thanks to our elected policymakers’ leadership, Mainers have made a bold statement that the state’s special places deserve to be preserved and managed for the future.
Published
July 28, 2021

Leonard Pitts: Police officers refuse to let deniers shove the horror of Jan. 6 off the stage

Donald Trump and his enablers have been trying to murder memory. At a hearing Tuesday in Washington, memory fought back.
Published
July 28, 2021

Commentary: How Maine is leveraging post-COVID economy to offer better job opportunities

Grant funding and technical assistance will help us connect job seekers to work, education and training, Maine’s labor commissioner says.
Published
July 28, 2021

Maine Voices: Variant’s spread makes COVID vaccination more urgent

Being inoculated mitigates delta’s impact and keeps it from spreading, says a Maine doctor after the virus hits home.
Published
July 27, 2021

Maine Voices: Corporate polluters should pay the tab for Maine’s climate damages

The time-honored way to make that happen is through the courts of our state.
Published
July 27, 2021

Commentary: End discrimination in Maine against religious school families

By barring the use of public funding for religious high schools, the state is violating the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause, says the firm representing three Maine families.
Published
July 26, 2021

Maine Voices: Reckoning with the ‘Trail of Tears’

States are passing laws to protect us from our history. But we should not hide from it.
Published
July 25, 2021

The View From Here: Party politics times five

Polling analysis suggests there are multiple political parties inside the coalitions we call the Democrats and Republicans.
Published
July 25, 2021

Bill Nemitz: For almost three decades, she kept her secret. No longer.

Phil Chenevert was long embraced by the Russell family. Now he stands accused of molesting their little girl.