The new council is voted in next week. Let’s hope that, to start, they robustly enforce and fund what has been passed by the people.
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Maine Voices: Statewide crisis of homelessness demands an immediate response
While faith communities have been working with municipalities and nonprofits to alleviate the desperation, state leadership is required to solve widespread suffering this winter.
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Commentary: Osteoporosis is a public health crisis. It doesn’t have to be
Bone scans allow us to take better control of our health. So why are they so hard to access?
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Readers respond to reporting on Pennington Mountain find
To mine, or not to mine, that is the question.
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Commentary: Sleep is getting more respect – as a way to boost productivity. We need a better mindset.
Rest should be valorized for its contribution to health, wellbeing or the ability to enjoy daily life. All people talk about is the hustle.
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Leonard Pitts: We owe Holocaust survivors much better than this
Soon, no one will be left to say: This is what happened, this is what it was like.
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Commentary: It wasn’t luck that allowed me to become a judge after meth addiction
Because I’m white, the criminal justice system showed me mercy and allowed me to build a life. That’s not everybody’s experience.
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Commentary: Maine should welcome clean, reliable, affordable hydropower
As electricity prices escalate and the legal process unfolds, let’s take stock of the adverse climate and energy changes since the 2021 referendum.
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In Europe’s capital, relief that midterms kept democracy’s enemies in check
European Union members have a lot at stake in the U.S. relationship, which has been on shaky footing since the rise of Donald Trump.
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A Biden coalition is (barely) saving democracy. POTUS 46 must run again in ’24
Biden kept Trump and his dangerous disdain for democracy out of the White House in 2020. Why gamble on something different?