Saying that it’s all about reining in population significantly misses the mark – we also have to focus on affluence and consumption.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Rethinking the future – how much growth do we want?
A population explosion is straining infrastructure, hurting the climate, driving up the deficit and fueling competition for housing. Federal officials should keep this in mind when making policy.
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Durbin, Graham unveil immigration legislation at an urgent time for dreamers
The Dream Act would allow people who were brought to the U.S. as children and have a high school education and college enrollment, employment or military service to earn residency and, eventually, citizenship.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Trump’s wall settles into a strange, costly afterlife
Why are so many Republican politicians, and the voters who elect them, enamored of this costly symbol of futility?
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Caught in the crossfire: Mainers aid in medical rescue of Afghan boy
Fawad, then 6 years old, was hit by a bullet as his family tried to flee Afghanistan during the U.S. withdrawal. A network that included Maine residents came together to bring him to safety.
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Biden extends deportation protection for Hong Kong residents
The Chinese government moved to stifle opposition following protests in Hong Kong in 2019 against a proposed law allowing extraditions to mainland China.
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New program will let private citizens sponsor refugees in U.S.
Everyday Americans will be able to help refugees adjust to life in the U.S. in a program launched Thursday by the State Department.
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Clarence Page: Has Biden bungled the border crisis? He’s not alone
President Biden has been slow to move on the border issues that have led to asylum seekers being bused north by Republican governors. But the mess at the border crosses party lines, even if the solutions don’t.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: ‘Three Amigos’ summit over, hard work of U.S., Mexico and Canada policymaking begins
These three countries share problems so immense that they are best solved by working together.
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Coast Guard returns 177 Cubans caught at sea to the island
The migrants were all intercepted separately off Florida’s coast earlier this month, according to the Coast Guard.