Unclear goals, bickering leaders and a changing world are pushing the alliance to the breaking point.
Op-eds
Commentary: Why China won’t allow Hong Kong to become another Tiananmen Square
Beijing wants to avoid the world media spotlight and keep another iconic image from capturing its brutality.
Commentary: Kamala Harris had her issues, but seeing her drop out of the presidential race is depressing
She was on fire there for a while. Not long enough, though.
Maine Voices: Take reasonable steps to keep guns away from children
The Legislative Council should advance proposals to keep guns out of child care centers and safely stored by home care providers.
Leonard Pitts: Republicans who are that disgusted with Trump should go public with it
Republican lawmakers who disavow the president only in private aren’t part of the solution – they’re part of the problem.
Commentary: There’s no reason that workers can’t be corporate owners
Employee-controlled companies could be the antidote to the less-appealing aspects of shareholder capitalism.
Student-trustee: Change from ‘USM’ to ‘UMaine Portland’ will help our state grow, prosper
Leveraging the city’s name recognition and image could draw new students to all UMaine System campuses and fill jobs statewide.
Maine Voices: Single-payer would give U.S. patients, caregivers more control over health care system
Weaker campaign finance laws have enabled insurers and Big Pharma to create a system that benefits only them.
Commentary: Answers to these five questions will determine path forward for impeachment
Will the impeachment go narrow or broad? Will Devin Nunes be toppled? And will Mick Mulvaney, John Bolton and Mike Pompeo have to come forward?
Commentary: Doctors are unnecessarily torturing dying dementia patients
Think about how you want to be cared for at the end of life, write it down and regularly remind your family and doctor of this directive.