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Published
October 21, 2022

Reporting Aside: A mother urgently tells domestic violence victims that, ‘You have to be careful when you leave’

During October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Terry Gilman remembers her daughter, Autumn Joy Gullifer, who was murdered by Gullifer's estranged husband, and offers tips to those affected by violence, Amy Calder writes.
Published
September 10, 2022

Commentary: My case for Charter Commission proposals, one by one

I’m one of the 12 commissioners who worked on the measures, and I’m urging Portlanders to vote yes on all eight.
Published
July 11, 2022

Maine Voices: Maine’s construction industry is ready to build our clean energy future

But if we continue to block large-scale, multi-year infrastructure projects like the New England Clean Energy Connect, our economy will not grow.
Published
July 10, 2022

Jim Fossel: LePage reboot remains on-brand

The former governor is campaigning on a different approach to his old idea of eliminating the state income tax.
Published
July 10, 2022

Commentary: Former Trump chief of staff: Republicans should watch Jan. 6 hearings

The testimony provided by fellow Republicans is damming, and we all should pay attention.
Published
July 9, 2022

Commentary: Boris Johnson and the longest goodbye

Johnson's political assassination has been as slow and incompetent as the conspiracy to kill Rasputin in 1916.
Published
July 9, 2022

Maine Voices: Supreme Court decision based on sadly outdated ideology

The shock of the Dobbs decision should mobilize people to fight for the whole range of human rights now under threat.
Published
July 7, 2022

Commentary: The fight against excessive surveillance continues in Maine and across the country

An effort to close Maine's 'fusion center' stalled in the Legislature, but efforts to limit police use of spy technology have not gone away.
Published
July 6, 2022

Leonard Pitts: Celebrity convictions don’t mean justice for most

R. Kelly and Ghislaine Maxwell may be headed to prison, but the vast majority of sexual assaults never show up in court.
Published
July 6, 2022

Maine Voices: Welcoming new Mainers will address our labor shortage

Stalled U.S. immigration policy is limiting Maine businesses' ability hire the workers they need to grow.