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View from Away: Rural hospital closures part of a national crisis

by St. Louis Post-Dispatch August 14, 2023August 11, 2023

Fully a third of Missouri’s rural hospitals are in danger of closing in the next few years, leaving large swaths of the state without access to emergency services, obstetrics or even the most basic health care. It’s part of a national trend that qualifies as a looming crisis — one that might be addressed with […]

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Where is the public on abortion access? The writing is on the wall

by The Editorial Board August 13, 2023August 12, 2023

The groundswell of support for abortion rights nationwide is forcing reassessment and soul-searching by those in pursuit of restrictions and bans. At least, it should be.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Bus searches by border agents violate rights of Mainers

by The Editorial Board August 11, 2023August 10, 2023

Old Town-based Cyr Bus Lines needs to join Greyhound and Concord Coach in taking a stand against questioning without warrants.

Editorials, Opinion

Editorial: Should we name heat waves? It’s worth a try to save lives

by Los Angeles Times Editorial Board August 7, 2023August 6, 2023

Not a lot of people know about one of California’s worst disasters in the last few decades, one that overwhelmed hospitals, sent bodies piling up in coroner’s offices and was deadlier than the 1994 Northridge earthquake or the 2018 Camp fire. That’s what happened when a severe heat wave smothered California in July 2006, killing […]

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Next Farm Bill should bolster local food systems

by The Editorial Board August 6, 2023August 4, 2023

At a hearing last week in Freeport, Maine farmers said they need support dealing with a number of crises.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Hate groups tear at the seams of our country

by The Editorial Board July 30, 2023July 28, 2023

White supremacists, and the politicians that have pulled them into the mainstream, are a growing threat.

Editorials, Opinion

View from Away: Legacy admissions at colleges are more complicated than they appear. They won’t fully disappear

by The Editorial Board July 29, 2023July 28, 2023

After the U.S. Supreme Court found (to no one’s surprise) that colleges and universities could not use a race-based approach in their admissions process, the long-standing attack on legacy admissions at highly selective institutions of higher education ramped up. Legacy admissions are what happens when a prospective student’s forebears such as parents or grandparents went […]