All the tinkering in the world won’t keep some schools from having good years when others aren’t.
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Commentary: Housing is a human right, not a privilege
Homelessness in the United States surged by a record 12% between January 2022 and January 2023, according to a new report by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In the world’s wealthiest nation, how does this happen, and what can be done to remedy it? The primary reason people are homeless is straightforward: They […]
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Douglas Rooks: What’s next for Maine after climate change ends winter as we know it
It’s difficult to convince societies and nations to make radical changes. The danger is that whatever response we mount now will be too late.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Tom Waddell: Christians are standing up for true religious freedom
Christian nationalists are bent on destroying our democratic republic.
Posted inColumns, Opinion
Opinion: The people are supposed to choose whom they please
I believe Secretary Bellows’ recent legalistic logic is easily unraveled.
Posted inColumns, Opinion
Opinion: 51 years after Roe v. Wade, the struggle for reproductive autonomy continues
On Monday, a host of brave Mainers will testify in favor of strengthening reproductive rights in the state constitution.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Poverty, not parents, is the reason students are missing school
Families are getting help from local schools. What they really need are the resources to get by.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Why are companies refusing to fully embrace flexible work?
On a September day in 1994, 32,000 AT&T employees telecommuted from home in an alternative work experiment widely heralded as the wave of the future. Almost 30 years later, in June, AT&T ordered 60,000 managers working remotely to return to the office, forcing 9,000 of them who do not live within commuting distance of AT&T’s […]
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Douglas Rooks: Union revival no longer a pipe dream
Joe Biden set out to be the most pro-labor president in memory, and succeeded. He became the first president to join a picket line during the epic United Auto Workers strike against the “big three” automakers that the unions won — game, set and match. Donald Trump spoke at a non-union auto parts plant in […]
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Opinion: Maine’s teachers need to be paid more
Tackling our teacher shortage won’t be possible without increasing teachers’ minimum starting salary,