Bigger checks are good but not enough for the millions of jobless Americans who need more help.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Has delay become a strategy for blocking needed large-scale projects?
After 40 months of regulatory proceedings, CMP has secured every needed state and federal approval for the NECEC power line. It should be allowed to go ahead with it.
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Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion
The View From Here: America is not divided, but white America is
A cultural clash between white voters with and without college degrees explains a lot about the polarization of our politics.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: How Biden can rebuild trust in our elections
An independent panel could quickly confirm the fairness of 2020 swing-state voting and counting, then recommend election-security improvements.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Removing 4 Brookfield Renewable dams would revive lower Kennebec, at-risk species
The fate of Atlantic salmon in the U.S. depends on restoring them in the Kennebec. Razing these dams would give the species its best chance at survival.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: 48 years after Roe, we’ll keep working for reproductive freedom
Planned Parenthood will strive to defeat attempts in the Maine Legislature to take away care or shame abortion patients.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Soaring on ‘wings like eagles’ as we confront climate crisis
A new reason for hope: President Biden signs an executive order on his first day in office that ensures the U.S. will rejoin the Paris climate accord.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Will Republican senators risk as much for democracy as Russia’s Navalny?
The opposition leader was poisoned by the Kremlin but has returned to Moscow to fight for free elections, as exiting Trump still lies that U.S. elections were rigged.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Rediscovering America – a quiz on presidential inaugurations
On Inauguration Day, test your knowledge of U.S. inaugural traditions, history and processes.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: What do we ethically owe those who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine?
COVID-19 may be a threat to the unvaccinated for years. But once the vaccine supply is secure, other Americans will want to resume travel, parties and business.