Before expanding the power of asylum officers, the existing systemic problems must be remedied.
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Commentary: Amazon aside, workers are struggling to regain power
The balance between employees and employers remains heavily tilted toward the latter.
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Leonard Pitts: Where’s the lie in Rep. Omar’s tweet about the traveling Christian singers?
The singing of a worship song on a crowded plane raises issues of entitlement and who gets to do what in the public square.
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Maine Voices: Fiscal conservative agrees with Democratic governor’s rebate proposal
Sending out $850 rebate checks is a wise move at a time when we have the means and when energy costs and inflation are draining residents’ wallets.
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Commentary: A carefully crafted narrative was a tool of the Soviet Union. The lies have never stopped.
As we are busy debating Vladimir Putin’s military tactics or questioning the state of the Russian military, we fail to see that his real weapon is the Russian people.
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Maine Voices: Time is now for utility accountability, modernized energy grid
An amended version of L.D. 1959 sends a clear message to Maine’s power companies: Improve your performance, get fined or be replaced.
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Commentary: Forcing companies to diversify their boards works
A California law mandating board members from underrepresented groups was a success before a judge declared it unconstitutional.
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Maine Voices: Lewiston’s proposed shelter moratorium is unacceptable
Lewiston’s mayor calls opposition to efforts to help unhoused people ‘a waste of time.’
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The Maine Millennial: Putin’s anti-gay agenda digs in close to home
Right-wing Christians are pushing the same freedom-killing laws that took root in Russia a decade ago.
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Maine Observer: When clotheslines in the dooryard boom’d
A house with laundry flapping in the breeze sends an important message – somebody’s home.