The U.S. is facing a retirement crisis. The simple fact is that most workers are saving too little to retire, according to the Employee Benefits Research Institute, which tracks pension issues. And workers are acutely aware of this.

Gov. Paul LePage’s education reform conference in Augusta last week made one thing clear: The governor is less interested in improving public schools than in replacing them.

Some policymakers act as if they would like to make the poor disappear, as if by magic.

As expected, President Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia has achieved eye-catching results and ushered in a new era in Sino-Russian relations.

You wake up one morning with those telltale signs: Achy limbs. Chills. Persistent coughing.

The Senate’s habit of filibustering judicial nominees must end. Both Republicans and Democrats are to blame.

At midnight on Dec. 29, same-sex couples in Maine became eligible for marriage licenses, and some lined up on a frigid night to be among the first to file the paperwork that made their households into families in the eyes of the law.

We’ve all seen the headlines. They’re as gruesome and disturbing as any in the world, and they’re all the more disturbing because they’re relatively close to home:

The Norwegian government on March 4 and 5 sponsored an international conference on the various effects that nuclear weapons detonations would have on human health, the natural environment and economic development.

Not since the halcyon days of the Soviet Union has a vote been so lopsided, but there was no fraud or coercion. Ninety-two percent turnout; more than 98 percent support for the Falkland Islands to retain its status as a British Overseas Territory.