Comparing this year’s race to 2020, Jackson’s odds against Sen. Susan Collins are looking good.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
For Maine patients, transparency must come first in healthcare reform | Opinion
Trust in the system depends on people being able to understand it.
For 15,000 Mainers with ME/CFS, the next step is in Congress’ hands | Opinion
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome is an illness as debilitating as it is overlooked.
Returning land and care of it to Wabanaki Nations yields great opportunity | Nature Connects
Last month in Maine, the Mi’kmaq Nation acquired its largest contiguous landholding yet, advancing a historic movement.
Platner replacement should support single-sex private spaces and sports at school | Opinion
Graham Platner’s departure from Maine’s U.S. Senate race creates an opening for a candidate to stand out from the field by supporting the sex-based rights of all kids.
Stop killing our immigrant brothers and sisters | Opinion
As Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, we are dedicated to solidarity with women and children and migrants and refugees, and we call for an end to the uncontrolled use of force employed by ICE.
How to balance grief against gratitude | Opinion
We don’t finish a great book upset that it ended. We’re thankful we experienced it. Recently bereaved, I’m trying to feel the same.
Maine Democrats must show moral courage on Palestine | Opinion
Any candidate not willing to take a stand on the ongoing genocide in Gaza should stand aside.
Any justice for Johan requires us to abolish ICE | Victoria Hugo-Vidal
ICE is being used as a political terror squad. Enough.
Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero is not a campaign issue. He’s a father who isn’t coming home. | Opinion
My work as a chef has taught me a lot about who counts as a neighbor and what makes a neighbor valuable. The killing by ICE in Biddeford reinforces those lessons.