The Republican capture of the judicial branch can’t be fixed without structural changes.
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Our View: No-inspection sales highlight housing shortage
Years of a tight market have driven up prices and forced buyers into making risky choices.
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Our View: Supreme Court undoes progress on guns
On the same day that the Senate took a small step forward, the Supreme Court took a giant step back.
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Our View: Between freedom’s promise and deliverance there’s Juneteenth
The holiday that celebrates the end of American slavery is also a reminder of how far we have to go.
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Our View: Cutting gun violence will take regulating guns
Maine Sens. Collins and King back a program that invests in mental health and school security, but wouldn’t change the kinds of weapons sold or who can buy them.
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Our View: Maine can do more to stop gun suicides
Mainers die by self-inflicted gunshot at a much higher rate than people in the rest of the country.
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Our View: NIMBYs winning fight over Roux Institute plan
The concerns of nearby property owners should not outweigh the opportunities that could be created by a graduate school.
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Our View: Big tech spending big to fight needed change
Companies like Amazon want us to think that their market dominance is good for us. It’s not.
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Our View: Culture warriors want to take down public education
Alarmist attacks on sex ed and racial history are designed to weaken public schools by imposing minority religious views on everyone.
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Our View: Poliquin, Caruso should stop stoking election fraud claims
The Republican candidates are undermining trust in democratic institutions for personal political gain.