Columns

Published
September 24, 2022

Commentary: The quest to move party politics Forward will require other parties

In America, third-party efforts tend to be viewed with suspicion. What would help their credibility? More and different efforts.
Published
September 24, 2022

Commentary: Older Mainers paved way for Inflation Reduction Act’s health care savings

While we're celebrating the law’s achievements, let’s remember the invaluable activism of one group of outspoken Mainers.
Published
September 23, 2022

Commentary: The U.S. neglects basic human rights for children

Based on our child marriage, corporal punishment, child labor and juvenile justice records, Maine is one of 20 states recently flunked by Human Rights Watch.
Published
September 23, 2022

Commentary: Portland charter reforms will strengthen democracy – that’s a good thing

The measures proposed are not radical, but neither they are Band-Aids. Why the furious reaction? Let’s unpack.
Published
September 22, 2022

Commentary: Why I’ll be voting to raise Portland’s minimum wage to $18

I’m a server who wants to be paid a fair wage for a hard day’s work. It’s that simple.
Published
September 22, 2022

Maine Voices: Outdated law denies appropriate care to people with serious brain disorders

Hospital violence, in Maine as elsewhere, can be traced right back to a federal law from 1965.
Published
September 21, 2022

Leonard Pitts: None of this is about immigration

If you solve a problem, you can no longer exploit it. Leave it unsolved, and you can use it to rub raw the emotions of your target audience.
Published
September 21, 2022

Commentary: Parents shaped COVID-19 policies more than politics did

That the pandemic served as ‘a wrecking ball for ... public education’ is in no doubt. But blame should not be laid on schools alone.
Published
September 21, 2022

Maine Voices: Let’s make sure Portland doesn’t Roux the day

Northeastern University’s Roux Institute will benefit Portland and Maine. Disagreement on the campus plan shouldn’t stand in its way.
Published
September 20, 2022

Commentary: Public-private partnership can pave way to hunger-free Maine

A unique collaboration spurred by the pandemic led to our state’s lowest food insecurity rates in nearly 20 years. We need more of the same.