There is a way forward for the governor if she wants to show she can collaborate with the Wabanaki.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Tom Waddell: Maine’s crisis pregnancy centers only serve to deceive
Anti-choice extremists have been restricting abortion access since Roe v. Wade was passed in 1973. One tactic Christian Nationalists use is establishing centers that look like places where women can get an abortion but only receive anti-abortion rhetoric. There were 780 abortion clinics in the country before Roe was overturned, but there are still 4,000 […]
Commentary: Managing municipal biosolids is a complex issue that requires collaboration
A 24- to 36-month pause in the enactment of a new law barring out-of-state waste from Maine landfills is crucial to averting a deeper crisis.
Maine Voices: Bill targeting preferred pronoun use in schools will have impact outside the classroom
Who is L.D. 678 for? Who is being protected? Whose rights are being upheld? Moreover, whose are not?
Commentary: Maine’s girls and nonbinary youth deserve to be listened to
Young people can themselves steer our state through the youth mental health crisis – providing they have our full attention and our support.
Maine Voices: Maine made me the scientist I am today
An opportunity to learn and work alongside professional ocean researchers as a high school junior, without any cost to my family, changed my life for the better.
Maine Voices: ‘Obscene’ content bill does not have child protection at its heart
This bill would criminalize librarianship and subject our communities to costly lawsuits over … well, you name it.
Maine Compass: The landfill operator who cried wolf
Casella’s recent sudden decision to stop landfilling sludge at Juniper Ridge is a blatant attempt to undo vital legislation and is a classic bullying tactic.
Commentary: The Willow Project is a carbon bomb. Biden just lit the match
The Willow Project may seem far-removed from our two Portlands. The reality is it has grave consequences for the ocean, which many Mainers and Oregonians rely on.
Commentary: Fearmongering diverts attention from real threats of gender oppression
Last week, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said gender equality worldwide is now 300 years away and “vanishing before our eyes.”