For too long, poverty wages have been the norm in adjunct teaching, a profession dominated by women. State officials must change that.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Eric Zorn: I can’t get my mind off the final, frantic embrace of the drowning girl and her father
The little arm gets me every time. It’s the slack right arm of Valeria, a dead, 23-month-old Salvadoran girl, draped around the neck of her dead father as they lie face down in the muddy reeds on the banks of the Rio Grande in the indelible news photographs making headlines last week. It’s the arm […]
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The Maine Millennial: Be a voice against anti-trans bigotry
Maine’s delegation should resist efforts to take away legal protections, and Mainers should speak up when we see workplace bias or hear hurtful jokes.
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Jim Fossel: Maine erases advances made under Republican governor, Legislature
We’re taking major steps backward in both economic freedom and individual liberties.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Restitution bill shows progress in juvenile-justice reform
A new state law will help ensure that financial obligations will not haunt juveniles well beyond their involvement in the system.
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Maine Voices: Trump administration’s efforts to save coal are a slap in the face to humanity
Fossil fuel-driven climate change will have a particularly devastating impact on the poor and on future generations.
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Commentary: A year after Janus, many Maine public workers are still unaware of their rights
A new website aims to inform government employees about workplace freedom and organized labor’s efforts to undercut it.
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Commentary: Don’t claim to be inclusive of ‘everyone’ if you don’t want Trump supporters
Our society is sharply polarized for a bunch of reasons, but one that sticks out in my mind is the prevailing sense of righteousness. You see it all the time in online debates — the other side isn’t just mistaken, it’s deficient, or venal, or immoral, or even evil. Exhibit A is the new policy […]
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Maine Voices: Pay-it-forward reciprocity is key to a civilized, abundant future
Our culture has rarely been as pessimistic as it is today – but the hell into which we’re descending isn’t inevitable.
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Bill Nemitz: Former Gov. Baldacci, a board member, hides from questions about CMP
Democrat John Baldacci, now a corporate leader for Central Maine Power’s parent corporation, has little to say about the company’s mistreatment of its customers.