Columns

Published
August 4, 2022

Commentary: It’s time to raise the federal minimum wage

The bottom line? As prices and profits soar, $7.25 just isn't what it used to be.
Published
August 4, 2022

Commentary: November’s election gives Maine a chance to build on recent progress

Social and economic reforms spurred by the pandemic are proof that we are capable of meaningful change. Let’s keep going.
Published
August 3, 2022

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Bill Russell was ‘an arrogant Negro’ to the end

To speak up in the 1960s was dangerous – to livelihood and, conceivably, to life. Russell did it anyway. And kept doing it.
Published
August 3, 2022

Maine Voices: Here and everywhere, cashiers should be allowed to take a seat

American supermarket and retail workers deserve better than the standard – standing – American check stand.
Published
August 3, 2022

Commentary: At last, a simple strategy for COVID booster shots

The September rollout of shots tailored to BA.4 and BA.5 could be the beginning of putting the COVID vaccine on an annual schedule.
Published
August 2, 2022

Maine Voices: What Mainers can do to strengthen democracy

As the dust from the first round of Jan. 6 hearings settles, let's think about what needs to happen next.
Published
August 2, 2022

Commentary: There’s a new centrist political party. It’s going nowhere.

In its attempts to appeal to both Democrats and Republicans, the new party, Forward, succeeds only in being vague.
Published
August 1, 2022

Maine Voices: Innovation, advocacy central to Maine Humanities Council’s valuable work

I've benefited greatly from the work of the council, which brings the humanities to new communities all over Maine.
Published
July 31, 2022

Jim Fossel: Congress needs to start pulling its lawmaking weight

The legislative – yes, legislative – branch has been sleeping on the job.
Published
July 31, 2022

Commentary: Everything is on fire. It doesn’t have to be.

The environmental future we feared has arrived. It's past time for America to take the lead.