Inequality is what explains, in economic, moral and human terms, what’s wrong with this country, and Sanders shows a path toward setting it right.

Four referendum questions give the public a chance to do what the Legislature couldn’t.

Hillary Clinton enters dangerous territory by attacking universal health care, the big idea she once embraced.

With a few exceptions, they talk about what Paul LePage wants to talk about, and accommodate what he wants to do.

Legislature must ensure that no governor will be able to ‘freeze’ duly approved bonds to make political points.

Maine is the only state where the number of uninsured children has gone up, not down, over the past three years.

Opposition to national park is rooted in fear of change, not acceptance of current reality of a dying paper industry.

Gridlock at the State House makes referendums seem attractive, but initiatives are best used only when the Legislature rejects legislation that would address demonstrated public priorities.

The voluntary public financing the Clean Election Act uses is the only means we have for closing the floodgates of money that have corrupted and polluted our elections since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010.