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Our View: Postal Service reforms need more than a pause

by The Editorial Board August 19, 2020September 14, 2020

Louis DeJoy, a Trump donor, should not be in charge of policies that make voting more difficult.

We need to find ways to hear the voices that have been silenced.

by Michael Kelly Special to the Telegram August 2, 2020August 1, 2020

A half-century of militarization has created police forces without connection to the communities they serve.

From a federal crackdown in Oregon to a secretive police intelligence unit in Maine, we are seeing counterterrorism tactics turned on the public.

by The Editorial Board July 14, 2020July 13, 2020

Giving government money to religious schools muddles the separate missions of both institutions.

Thomas Jefferson’s radical ideas transcend the limits of his imagination.

by Jim Fossel July 5, 2020July 4, 2020

Margaret Chase Smith denounced McCarthyism 70 years ago. Her ‘Declaration of Conscience’ speaks to this moment in our politics and culture.

by The Editorial Board June 30, 2020June 29, 2020

But Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh don’t live by their pledges to honor precedent.

by The Editorial Board June 16, 2020June 16, 2020

The Supreme Court’s decision offers long-overdue protection for LGBT people in the workplace.

by Carol Garvan and Shelby Leighton Special to the Press Herald June 11, 2020June 11, 2020

In Augusta and Washington, lawmakers should take steps to address violations of the Constitution by the officers sworn to uphold it.