Their ability to take on this task will say much about their ability to take on all the others.
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Our View: Cable television fights Maine law – and the future
While younger generations flock to streaming services, the cable industry is holding on to an unfair, overly expensive way of doing business.
Thousands march mostly peacefully in Hong Kong
Police say rioters tossing gasoline bombs damaged a subway station.
Our View: When petitions come around, read before signing
You can’t get tricked into signing something you don’t support if you insist on reading and understanding it first.
Commentary: Democratic congressman shames his own constituents, and himself
Defenders of Joaquin Castro’s tweet don’t understand the line between criticism and harassment.
Maine Voices: Let’s all push for an end to the hate-spewing that fuels gun violence
Voters, politicians and religious leaders should all recognize and respond when political rhetoric goes too far.
Gina Barreca: Is the political cartoonist an endangered species?
That would pose a risk to our nation’s civic health, which is strengthened by creativity, originality, insight and wit.
Commentary: Court rules (unpersuasively) that Trump can’t block critics on Twitter
The president’s exclusion of his detractors from @realDonaldTrump is childish but not unconstitutional.
Another View: Supreme Court declares the sabotage of democracy none of its business
The highest court in the land is refusing to use the tools it has to defend voting rights.
Commentary: A year after Janus, many Maine public workers are still unaware of their rights
A new website aims to inform government employees about workplace freedom and organized labor’s efforts to undercut it.