The expiration of the federal child tax credit left American children behind last year. We should be way past scaremongering about ‘welfare’ and ‘generosity.’
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Our View: Dismantling barriers to shelter will take patience and time
The early experience of Portland’s new Encampment Crisis Response Team should be instructive for all of Maine.
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Our View: We have not nearly earned the right to quibble about gun control
Narrow and tendentious arguments against gun laws say they don’t – or won’t – make any difference. Pass the laws, find out.
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Our View: Brunswick-Gardiner interim trail the right way forward
A long-distance route that does not interact with car or truck traffic has the potential to be a gift that keeps on giving to the Midcoast.
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Our View: To invest in immigrant pupils is to invest in the future
A big effort by Maine schools to accommodate English language learners will have a big return for their communities.
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Our View: Here’s what it will take to stop the rise of hate groups in Maine
Speak up, confront dangerous ideology directly, and protect neighbors who are targeted and make it clear that they are as much a part of our communities as anybody else.
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Commentary: Have fun with strangers. Democracy and our mental health may depend on it
Over the past couple of years, I lost my fear of the Other. It happened while I was picking up new hobbies, such as skating and dancing, while befriending a larger and more diverse array of people. In some cases, I bonded with people whose politics are very different from mine. The disconnection I’d felt […]
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Our View: When will we pay appropriate attention to late-life care?
Under Medicare, eligibility for hospice care is narrowly capped. Once it ends, as a recent Press Herald report outlined in heartrending detail, you’re on your own.
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Our View: Three cheers for a rare Maine team in the Little League World Series
Fourteen players aged between 10 and 12 take the field Thursday in Pennsylvania, the fourth team from Maine to ever qualify for the Little League Baseball World Series.
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Our View: Winslow residents deserve answers on ‘secret meetings’
When elected officials bend the rules, it’s easy for the public to lose faith.