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Editorials
Our View: In time of coronavirus, covering your face shows social solidarity
A simple homemade mask demonstrates an understanding that we’re all in this together.
Our View: Even amid the outbreak, people dealing with addiction are not alone
Stay-at-home orders have made it difficult for people with substance use disorder, but there is still help out there.
View from Away: Be wary of coronavirus-related scams
The San Diego Union-Tribune (TNS)
Our View: COVID-19 will change Maine Election Day traditions
The upcoming statewide U.S. Senate primary is an important dry run for reforms to ensure broad participation and safety.
View from Away: School shutdowns threaten to worsen the achievement gap
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Our View: Don’t let companies off the hook for their role in opioid epidemic
An investigation by ProPublica found evidence that Walmart sent millions of doses of opioid painkillers to criminal doctors.
View from Away: When will it end? The pandemic question on all our minds
The Baltimore Sun (TNS)
Our View: Don’t let companies off the hook for their role in opioid epidemic
ProPublica describes how the Justice Department stopped the prosecution of Walmart for filling suspicious prescriptions, in Maine and around the country.
Our View: Shrink Maine’s prison population to fight COVID
Inmates who are scheduled to be released in a year could be sent home now to make state prisons safer.