Recent anti-abortion arguments exhibit a fanatical desire for irrevocable distinctions around personhood and bodies.
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Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
Driving neighborhood to neighborhood, ice cream truck operator keeps tradition going
Ryan Lowe might be the last of his kind in Portland.
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Posted inFood, Recipes
How to get kids to eat a healthy lunch? Give them some control
Make what’s going into their lunchbox a fun project.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Companies, Congress should step up to support breastfeeding moms
For Black women like me, the rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration still lag those of our counterparts.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
New children’s books by Maine writers, illustrators tackle disabilities, with uneven success
Each takes a different approach to stories about, in part, children with disabilities going to school.
Posted inNation & World
How to help kids get through the horror of Texas school shooting
The first thing a parent should do is make sure their children know adults are available to talk to them.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
FDA chief under fire for slow response to baby formula shortage
The shortage mostly stems from Abbott Nutrition’s Michigan plant, which the Food and Drug Administration shut down in February due to contamination issues.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Theories emerge for mysterious liver illnesses in children
The illnesses are considered rare, and the best available evidence points to a fairly common stomach bug that isn’t known to cause liver problems in otherwise healthy kids.
Posted inNation & World
House Democrats propose $28 million to address formula shortage
The shortage stems from a February recall by Abbott Nutrition that exacerbated ongoing supply chain disruptions among formula makers.
Posted inMaine
Oliver, Charlotte top 2021 list of Maine’s most popular baby names
While those also were high on the national list, some names – like Owen and Willow – were much more popular in Maine than in the rest of the country.