Taiwan-born X. Fang and Lebanese American George Jreije pay tasty homage to their respective backgrounds.
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Posted inNation & World, News
USDA estimates 21 million kids, including in Maine, will get summer food benefits
Maine is among the states where children will receive food benefits this summer through a newly permanent federal program.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Two children’s books make the case for new types of heroines
To the smart, spunky protagonists in the latest books by local writers Gail Donovan and Megan Frazer Blakemore, we say, you go, girls!
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: ‘Kidfluencers’ are today’s version of chimney sweeps
The child stars of the social media circuit deserve greater protection.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: The child poverty rate doubled because we let it
The expiration of the federal child tax credit left American children behind last year. We should be way past scaremongering about ‘welfare’ and ‘generosity.’
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: We must continue to strengthen mental health services for Maine’s kids
Don’t allow our youth experiencing behavioral and mental health crises to continue to languish in emergency rooms and jails.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Let’s end hunger in Maine, especially among children
The Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger is fighting for the nearly 37,000 people under 18 who are facing food insecurity in our state.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The market is dictating how we raise our kids
People worried about government child care should consider Americans’ bleak options under the existing system.
Posted inFood
Dining out with the kids? These aren’t your grandparents’ family restaurants.
Today’s family-oriented restaurants offer expertly crafted, carefully sourced food to discerning young families – a welcome change from the cookie-cutter chains and generic venues of the past.
Posted inNation & World
Pregnancy-associated deaths in U.S. more than doubled over 2 decades
Black mothers died at the nation’s highest rates, while the largest increases in deaths were found in American Indian and Native Alaskan mothers.