Residents who are already dealing with poverty, racism or both shouldn’t face the added stress of toxic chemicals.
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Posted inMaine, Nation & World, Politics
Sen. Collins backs 16-state lawsuit against Trump’s national emergency declaration
The Maine Republican says she and others in her party are wary of his ‘unilateral action.’ And though she’s made no final decision, she’s ‘laying the groundwork’ for re-election.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: President Trump’s missteps demonstrate limits of power
Past chief executives used their access to the public to sway opinion. This one can’t.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Woe to any 2020 Democrat who doesn’t embrace partisanship
Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand and Amy Klobuchar may fail dogma litmus tests tests in the primaries.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Congress must act to end child separation
The administration has shown it cannot be trusted to provide humane treatment.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: LePage wisely averse to romanticizing immigration
In a column critical of recent remarks by the former governor, Greg Kesich fails to link Portland’s immigrant influx to a strain on services.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, Religion and Values
Pope Francis will meet with migrants in Morocco
He will also visit a training institute for imams that seeks to be a bulwark against Islamic extremism.
Posted inMaine, News
Faith leaders rally in Augusta to protest detention of immigrant children
They say the Trump administration policies that put immigrant children in detention facilities constitute a moral crisis.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: White America should consider the high cost of not knowing
Shielding white children from their history makes for dangerously oblivious adults.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Building a wall won’t solve prime impetus for immigration
The driving force of migration is too many people vying for too few resources, which is usually accompanied by deadly violence.