After a disappointing summer, it’s more clear than ever that masks and vaccines are the best path to normalcy.
Editorials
Our View: Maine cannot continue to underfund nursing homes
Everyone should have a safe, comfortable place to live in their later years.
Our View: Maine labor historian fought against forgetting
The late Charles Scontras reminded us how we all benefit from the victories of ordinary people who took on the rich and powerful.
Our View: Right whale protection plan set up to fail
Regulators should look first at the actual cause of whale deaths, and not focus on the lobster industry.
View from Away: A 9/11-style commission is needed to examine the Afghanistan withdrawal
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Our View: Want to help health care workers? Get the shot
It’s the persistent stress at hospitals that is hurting nurses and others, not the vaccine mandate.
Our View: Supreme Court’s stance on abortion law speaks volumes
Women in Texas are being denied their constitutional rights, and that’s OK with a majority of justices.
Our View: Maine leading the way on COVID rental relief
Housing challenges remain, here and everywhere else. But unlike residents of other states, Mainers are getting the assistance they need.
Our View: Roux campus would be an opportunity factory
The B&M plant shows what was possible in the last century. The proposed campus does the same thing in the next.
Our View: COVID-era improvements in school air quality will have long-term benefits
Maine schools are using federal funds to improve ventilation as a way to fight COVID. But it could also improve learning.