After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled four years ago in favor of same-sex marriage, gay Americans in many parts of the country found that they could be married on Sunday only to be fired from their jobs on Monday because of their sexual orientation. This unjust situation endures today, but the court has an opportunity […]
Editorials
Our View: Firefighters’ greatest risk comes after the call is over
Departments, lawmakers should take steps to protect firefighters from cancers caused by exposure to toxic fumes.
View from Away: US betrays Kurds
President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northeastern Syria, opening the way for a possible incursion by Turkish forces, is everything his critics say it is: impulsive, unwise and a betrayal of the Syrian Kurds on whom the United States relied in the war against Islamic State. Characteristically, the president is now engaging […]
Our View: Border Patrol should stop racial profiling
Federal agents ought to know that it’s no crime to have brown skin or speak a language other than English.
View from Away: Internet’s future rests on California’s defense of net neutrality law
The future of the internet as we know it rests in California’s ability to defend what is widely regarded as the nation’s most robust net neutrality law. The stakes couldn’t be higher for consumers and small businesses seeking to preserve equal access to the internet: The outcome will determine whether users will have the ability […]
Our View: Lead poisoning requires a solution as big as the problem
Lead paint and pipes are poisoning children at an astounding rate, costly billions of dollars in spending on health care, crime and special education.
Our View: School resource officers are not just cops
As researchers have recommended, Maine should standardize the way it trains and supervises the ever-expanding duties of school-based police officers.
Our View: Child poverty needs more than a growing economy
One of the greatest periods of economic growth has not kept millions of American children from living lives on the brink.
View from Away: Judge in Guyger case displayed professionalism and mercy
When the stakes for a community were as high as they were in ex-cop Amber Guyger’s murder trial for killing an innocent man, we’re rightly focused on making sure that judges fairly and professionally follow the points of law. But if we’re fortunate, we also have judges who understand that there are human beings involved […]
Our View: Child protective services in Maine still understaffed, undertrained
Two killers are in prison, but the system that could have prevented their abusive acts is still not up to the task.