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Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Black History Month: Both Portland and Maine complicit in economics of slavery
Via trade with the West Indies, the labor of enslaved Africans built our state and its largest city.
Commentary: A senseless logjam is holding up nominations
Republicans are filibustering executive branch positions on an unprecedented scale. They aren’t helping anyone.
Maine Voices: Funding must follow mandate for Medicaid providers
People who care for Medicaid recipients deserve a living wage – but their employers can’t afford to pay it unless Maine raises the reimbursement rate.
Maine Voices: End racial profiling on Maine’s highways
A bill before the Legislature could give law enforcement fewer pretexts to make questionable stops.
Maine Voices: Protect Maine elections from foreign influence
A citizen initiative would close the loopholes that leave our referendum system vulnerable to abuse from overseas governments.
Maine Compass: Rectifying a grievous injustice against Wabanaki tribes
In order for the Wabanaki to achieve sovereignty, a two-thirds vote of approval in each house of the Legislature is needed to enable the Legislature to override the governor’s expected veto.
Maine Voices: It’s time to let Mainers decide on equal rights for all
Twenty-six states have already passed some form of an equal rights amendment.
Another View: Life without Roe v. Wade
Fifty-five years ago, before Roe v. Wade, I was a senior at then nearly all-male Massachusetts Institute of Technology, lucky enough to have a girlfriend at Wellesley College. One day before dinner we and four or five gals were sitting in a Wellesley dorm room discussing the issues of the day when a telephone rang. […]
Commentary: In the nuclear face-off with Iran, Biden just blinked
Washington’s offer of some sanctions relief for Tehran’s nuclear program is an empty gesture that betrays weakness.