The show about a fictional university makes clear how much Maine’s real-life institutions will benefit from uplifting the voices of students and marginalized groups.
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Maine education chief: Let’s work together so our kids can learn in person, full time
We have the power to limit COVID’s impact on Maine students through vaccination, indoor masks at school and engagement in testing programs, Commissioner Pender Makin says.
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Commentary: Even the best climate forecasts are still shaded by clouds
More certain than ever about global warming, scientists still struggle to understand the role of water in the atmosphere.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Still cynical about changes in child care workforce – please prove me wrong
Early childhood education won’t be high-quality, affordable and well compensated until and unless it is part of the common good, just like public school.
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Jim Fossel: Poliquin enters a new world in race for his old seat in Congress
Events of the last few years, from COVID to Jan. 6, will force the candidate to run on more than his record.
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The View From Here: Jared Golden playing a dangerous game
Renegade Democrats say they are promoting an infrastructure deal, but they are actually endangering it and much more.
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Insight: America’s reckoning with Indian boarding schools
When coming to terms with the history of a destructive policy, the nation needs to be guided by accountability, not pity.
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The Maine Millennial: The war’s not over, and neither is the killing
Our disastrous Afghanistan pullout has endangered the lives of the people who made our 20-year occupation possible.
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Maine Voices: We’re not guessing about safety, effectiveness of COVID vaccines
They’ve been put to the test by duly skeptical scientists, and the findings are unmistakable: They save lives.
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Maine Voices: Well-meaning ‘yellow flag’ law puts ER doctors in a role they’re not trained for
Assessing who is safe to own or carry weapons should be done with care – not under the time constraints typical of Maine’s emergency departments.