The approach to addiction that backgrounds or sidelines harm reduction in favor of punishment and stigma is not working.
Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
Our View: Local zoning drives high housing costs around Maine
Municipal officials don’t have to answer to the people who can’t afford to live in their community.
Another View: Fox viewers are misinformed about COVID. Advertisers should take note
The corporate sponsors who continue to enable Fox have it in their power to demand that it stop spreading this viral misinformation.
Our View: Maine high school athletes can have the winter season they deserve
Strong statewide policy using masks, vaccinations and regular testing can keep students and the community safe.
Our View: Maine State Police have a racial profiling problem
A federal judge has thrown out evidence in a drug case because she believed the officer targeted a driver based on his appearance.
Our View: Another winter, another COVID surge coming to Maine
All signs say that infections will rise, and it is the low-vaccination areas that will take the hardest hit.
Our View: Progress on climate policy is slowly taking shape
At an international conference or in Washington, progress is being made, if too slowly.
Our View: Getting Maine back to work
A think tank’s report identifies child care subsidies and other aid to families as a necessary step toward full economic recovery.
Another View: Maine highway bond deserved more voter scrutiny
Climate change should make us less ready to spend so much on roads, concrete and steel.
Another View: U.S. should be realistic about missile defense
Spending more on unproven technologies is the wrong way to protect against emerging threats.