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Leonard Pitts: There’s ‘you people’ and ‘my people.’ Where did ‘we, the people’ go?

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald October 20, 2021October 19, 2021

I venerate the ideals on which this country was founded. Sadly, many others no longer do.

by Jesse Watson Special to the Press Herald October 20, 2021October 19, 2021

If you want a more ecologically sound and economically free and just food system, vote ‘yes.’

by Nick Murray Special to the Press Herald October 20, 2021October 19, 2021

Instead of hoping for Washington to bail us out, Maine legislators should take a scalpel to onerous regulations.

by Rebecca Hobbes Special to the Press Herald October 19, 2021October 18, 2021

Each perpetrator is someone else’s supportive friend, loving brother, caring father, helpful neighbor or favorite coworker.

by Jared Alper The Fulcrum October 19, 2021October 18, 2021

Make primaries nonpartisan; standardize ballot and financing rules, and include all general election candidates in public debates.

by Sen. Craig Hickman Special to the Telegram October 17, 2021November 26, 2021

Maine should amend our Constitution to enshrine a right to food, the state senator and organic farmer writes.

by Barbara Vickery Special to the Press Herald October 9, 2021October 9, 2021

The only thing scarier than a rapidly warming planet is our inability to do something about it.

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald October 6, 2021October 6, 2021

The expectation that the power to communicate broadly will unite us is not realistic – and never has been.

by Dr. David S. Jacobson and Phebe Jacobson Special to the Press Herald October 6, 2021October 6, 2021

Cape Citizens for Affordable Housing invites anyone to review our website, the ads we’ve placed and the brochures we’ve handed out for Dunham Court.

by John Pani Special to the Press Herald October 6, 2021October 5, 2021

Places with free-roaming canines are not good locations for kids to play or older people to walk.