Federal agents ought to know that it’s no crime to have brown skin or speak a language other than English.
Editorials
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.
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.
View from Away: Other states will benefit from California’s move to upend NCAA rules on paying student-athletes
The NCAA likes to say that all its student-athletes are “students first, athletes second.” And there’s a great deal of truth to that. Largely due to academic reforms enacted in 2003, graduation rates for NCAA athletes have risen from 74% in 2002 to an all-time high of 88% in 2018. But it’s also true that […]
View from Away: Small airplane seats to finally get crucial FAA safety checks
Airplane passengers loathe being crammed together in coach and seethe when seatbacks are reclined onto their laps. But are these crowded conditions actually unsafe? Americans soon should find out. A 2018 funding bill gave the Federal Aviation Administration the authority to set minimum seat sizes as cabins shrink and body sizes grow. Federal regulations require […]