Historic job losses are occurring everywhere and won’t be slowed without intervention from Washington.
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Maine Observer: Wise and compassionate, crows will be our Memorial Day witnesses
Things will be different this year, but our honored dead will not be forgotten.
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Leonard Pitts: We’re not ‘all in this together,’ and we never were
Want proof? Consider the benign response to the descent on Michigan’s statehouse by an armed, white anti-lockdown mob.
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Commentary: We must save lives at risk from COVID, new nuclear arms race
Encourage our U.S. senators to sign on to an extension of the New START Treaty.
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Commentary: Harsh rhetoric tears us apart – and can make violence seem acceptable
The often-overlooked reaction to the 1970 Kent State shootings offers chilling lessons for us today.
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The Maine Millennial: Postal Service may become a COVID casualty
We are in danger of losing an institution enshrined in our Constitution that offers a service that no private company would provide.
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A fiddler falls hard for a pretty Irish nanny in Civil War era America
In ‘Simon the Fiddler,’ author Paulette Jiles ably captures the texture of the American Southwest.
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Maine Voices: A real world is out there. It invites our attention
Campaigns – for president and Congress – are not bothering to acknowledge our critical situation or address its causes and remedies.
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Leonard Pitts: A call for ‘liberty’ is a call for death
Anti-lockdown protesters can’t bear to be forced to do a thing, even if that thing is necessary to save lives.
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Maine Bicentennial: Portland
In commemoration of Maine’s bicentennial this year, The Forecaster is featuring historical highlights from our communities’ past 200 years, in print and online every other week.