The organizers of the World Food Program remind us that hunger is a problem that has plagued humanity for millennia. But just because it persists does not mean that we can’t be the generation that ends hunger. Based on statistics gathered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Maine now ranks seventh worst in the nation […]
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Commentary: Here’s how to reform the law that made the internet
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Maine Voices: What celebrity art reveals about the changing world of contemporary art
Art has long been elevated above entertainment. But the buzz around shows by the likes of Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp challenges the usual gatekeepers’ status.
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Commentary: Art can help us understand the Gulf of Maine’s warming problem
Climate change education doesn’t have to take place in a classroom.
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Commentary: Free COVID health care will be gone by May. Should you worry?
The people most directly impacted will be the uninsured and those who treat them.
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Commentary: Falling electric car prices don’t help low-income Americans
Knocking $10,000 off a $60,000 car matters little to low-income households; it’s more than they ever could – or would – spend on a car.
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Commentary: How can we get justice for Tyre Nichols and other victims of police brutality?
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The Maine Millennial: No snow tires? No problem!
In which a snowy hill is conquered with the help of the kind of Mainer we all know and love.
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Commentary: The stupid and dishonest idea of raising the Social Security retirement age is back
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Jim Fossel: Change has come to Maine GOP. Or has it?
Real transformation or mere facelift? Joel Stekis and his contemporaries get to decide.