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Commentary: Biden’s pandemic plan overlooks mask mandates and vulnerable populations

by Julia Raifman and Alexandra Skinner, Boston University The Conversation September 14, 2021September 13, 2021

President Biden on Sept. 9 unveiled his revamped strategy to confront the pandemic, outlining an approach that focuses heavily on attempting to reduce the number of unvaccinated Americans. The new plan comes at a crucial time. The delta variant continues to spread in states across America. The virus is currently taking more than 1,500 lives […]

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Commentary: Jim Crow tactics reborn in Texas abortion law, deputizing citizens to enforce legally suspect provisions

by Stefanie Lindquist, Arizona State University The Conversation September 14, 2021September 13, 2021

The new Texas law that bans most abortions uses a method employed by Texas and other states to enforce racist Jim Crow laws in the 19th and 20th centuries that aimed to disenfranchise African Americans. Rather than giving state officials, such as the police, the power to enforce the law, the Texas law instead allows […]

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Letters: CMP corridor ads misleading; Brunswick BBQ leaves bad taste

September 14, 2021September 13, 2021

CMP corridor ads misleading Though disgusting, it’s not surprising that CMP’s new PAC, Mainers For Fair Laws, is spending over $300,000 on deceptive TV ads in its desperation to convince Maine voters that it is in their best interest to reject Question 1 in November. Interestingly, this new organization is tackling the issue by attempting […]

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Field hockey: Morse and Mt. Ararat play to draw in first of two games this season

by Eli Canfield September 13, 2021September 13, 2021

Mt. Ararat’s Lily Kosloski and Morse’s Dylan Barr have goals in tie game.

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Football notebook: After cancellations, Morse and Camden Hills schedule game on the fly

by Eli Canfield September 13, 2021September 13, 2021

Shipbuilders and Windjammers had open date after opponents canceled because of COVID safety concerns.

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Who is Mullah Hasan Akhund? What does the Taliban’s choice of interim prime minister mean for Afghanistan?

by Ali A. Olomi, Penn State The Conversation September 13, 2021September 10, 2021

The Taliban announced on Sept. 7, 2021, that Mullah Hasan Akhund has been appointed interim prime minister of Afghanistan. The decision comes more than two weeks after the militant Islamist group seized control of much of the country, including the capital, Kabul. The Conversation asked Ali A. Olomi, a historian of the Middle East and […]

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Guest column: Spokesperson doesn’t tell the whole story about CMP corridor

by Sen. Richard A. Bennett Guest column September 13, 2021September 13, 2021

Recently, Lyn St-Laurent, the spokesperson for Hydro-Quebec, was interviewed on a Maine radio station to promote the CMP Corridor and cast doubt on Question 1, a referendum initiated by more than 80,000 Maine voters. As a representative of a foreign government-owned company, her comments were filled with half-truths and highly misleading. Not once did she […]