Rep. Jared Golden’s recently introduced bill to freeze regulations to protect the North Atlantic right whale is ill-timed and unnecessary. The lobster industry has demonstrated a desire to protect this critically endangered species. And the state and federal government are working hard to proceed with development and public consideration of new rules that will protect […]

Clem Bechard’s recent letter to the editor, “‘No Kings’ protesters should have more decency,” provides a perfect example of irony in the extreme.  “There are no kings and there never will be.” Really? President Trump has posted memes of himself wearing a golden crown, and let’s not forget the picture of himself as Jesus healing […]

May 15 marked the 78th Nakba Day, a day observed by Palestinians after experiencing the Nakba, or the Catastrophe, at the hands of Zionist colonial settlers and their militias. A campaign of atrocities befell the Palestinians when Zionists, under the guise of representing Judaism (and not the ethno-supremacy ideology it was), destroyed villages through violent […]

At a time when medical support for Americans is being cut or constrained, the proposal to build a gilded ballroom at the White House sends a troubling message about national priorities. Reducing access to essential care while advancing an extravagant construction project at taxpayer expense reflects a profound moral failure. If a tenant damages a […]

Maine, like Washington, was built by people who respect the sea. That legacy is being desecrated — and our elected officials are letting it happen. A new undercover investigation has, again, exposed brutal conditions at Cooke Aquaculture’s salmon hatchery in Bingham — animals slammed into concrete, unchecked disease, filthy overcrowded tanks. This is not new. […]