Unions have their issues, but there’s a reason they exist: They protect workers from abusive employers.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
More pre-K investments needed for our future national security
High-quality early childhood education can boost graduation rates and deter youth from crime.
Justice Department’s reports shine harsh light on Ferguson events
Taken together, they explain why people were so willing to think the worst of the police officers.
Netanyahu nothing more than a schoolyard loudmouth
Our undying allegiance to Israel has painted a giant target on our back.
Our energy policy verges on irrational
CMP’s time of use program ‘failed,’ while another signed electric generation contract ‘reopened.’
MAINE STREAM: Nosing through the newspaper
Each morning, a ritual reveals the good, the bad and the ugly.
LePage’s budget bad for seniors, kids
Maine most’s vulnerable residents aren’t a priority in the governor’s spending plan.
Politicians had us scratching our heads in stupefaction last week
From an offensive Facebook posting to Hillary’s secret emails,we call actions ‘Smart’ or ‘Not Smart’ as we see ’em.
Valuable books teach us about other worlds, other ways to see our world
New book illustrates what today’s higher education might look like.
Maine workforce would be better off if right-to-work law enacted
Such laws don’t bar unions, which still can persuade workers to join them of their own free will.