Instead of wasting precious time trying to shut today’s refugees out, we can prepare for them in a way that could benefit all of us.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Jailing people for sleeping in public is no solution to homelessness
The U.S. already has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Arresting people who have no options left is just adding another tier of disenfranchisement.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: The undoing of Clarence Thomas – and of racial justice in America
To eliminate racism, do we have to retain racial categories, or must we eliminate any idea of race as real?
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Major federal connectivity grant has to go a long way
Reaching 94,000 Maine homes and businesses that currently have unreliable internet or none at all is but one piece of a tricky puzzle.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: We can’t afford to get used to climate change
A series of wet, dreary weeks culminated in natural disaster in parts of the Northeast. The writing is, once again, on the wall.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Do right for the health of Native Americans in Maine
L.D. 2007 must be passed with any vetoes overridden to improve access to health care and better well-being for the Wabanaki Nations.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Susana Hancock: Until we get off fossil fuels, stuck weather patterns will worsen
Humanity has a choice to make.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Not knowing where new nurses will come from is no excuse for no new nurses
The proposal that would introduce nurse-to-patient ratios in Maine is one of the few interventions that can repair perilous working conditions for nurses.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Supreme Court’s conservatives have not fulfilled their constitutional obligations
Hence, they can be removed.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Gov. Mills’ argument on tribes must now to be put to the test
Mills maintains that the best outcome for both the Wabanaki and the state can be obtained at the negotiating table. It shouldn’t be said another time; it should happen now.