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.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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.
Will Platner go back to the sea or into the fire? | Opinion
Whatever course Graham Platner chooses to chart, this old lefty is deeply grateful for what he’s done already.
A summer camp dad’s defense of visiting day | Opinion
Look past the lines of cosmopolitan parents and the out-of-place outfits and you might actually find the experience quite moving.
Our public conversation has turned poisonous | Opinion
Empathy is derided as weakness and brutality is lauded as power. It’s not too late to draw back.
Mainers deserve a say on Platner replacement, not an insiders’ convention | Opinion
Democrats’ plan to select a replacement Senate nominee for Graham Platner is about as undemocratic as it gets.