Brutality at sea – and the connection to forced labor on vessels – continues to go unchecked.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Commentary: Mitigating climate change begins in small towns
Things like microgrids, energy storage and solar panels can increase ever more valuable local self-reliance.
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Douglas Rooks: Bureaucratic delays cut both ways on climate
We can’t meet the challenge of our times under a system marked by regulatory delays.
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Maine Voices: Modernizing U.S. foreign farmworker system isn’t just right – it’s critical
Farmers like us need multi-season access to the same highly skilled workers. Workers need that stability, too.
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Maine Voices: Don’t dismiss fish farms’ threat to our state’s coastal waters
Based on the risks to water quality and sea life, an application for two 60-acre salmon farms off Bar Harbor should be rejected.
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Commentary: Maine correctional system buckling under weight of staffing shortage
Longstanding staff shortages and an overreliance on overtime come with many costs.
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Hilary Koch: Only call if you’re bleeding
“Text or call me only if someone is bleeding profusely or in the hospital,” I told my husband and kids as I kissed them goodbye. My eldest thought I was joking, but I wasn’t. This rule was inspired after receiving texts from the three of them. Simultaneously. As if they had conspired, and counted down […]
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Commentary: An attack on a Maine school librarian is an attack on democracy
The professional school library community will continue to uphold the principle of intellectual freedom. But we need your help.
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Jim Fossel: Can the congressional races hold our interest?
The Golden-Poliquin debate disagreement makes the issues-based tack taken by 1st District candidate Ed Thelander look pretty good.
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The Maine Millennial: Kids cannot learn until they feel secure
I’ve been lucky enough to get a glimpse into Maine’s public schools. What I see is teachers and support staff busting their buns every day for Maine’s kiddos, despite being overworked and underpaid.