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With Erdogan scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump in Washington on Wednesday, that might be a good moment for American experts and organizations to stop participating in TRT World's broadcasts. Read More
Letters to the editor for Thursday, November 14, 2019: Yang’s vision, honor veterans with deep reflection, toughness in whale entanglement debate. Read More
The world needs Diana Prince more than ever. Read More
Members of the Maine Legislature, judges and the governor deserve a raise – not because they’re all great at their job, though many are, but because they are woefully underpaid for the difficult work that they do. A recent story in the… Read More
There are five major problems with the ignorance and incompetence defense, starting with the president’s constitutional responsibilities. Read More
When it comes to health care, Democrats may try to do the right thing, but they may be doing it the wrong way. Read More
Letters to the editor for Wednesday, November 13, 2019: Honoring veterans, remembering Jessye Norman, voting with our wallets. Read More
Letters to the editor for Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019: Dental care is health care, Susan Collins leadership on drug shortages, Medicare for all unsustainable. Read More
Standardized admissions tests are weak predictors of student performance in the first year of college, and their predictive value drops further with each subsequent year of college. Read More
If anyone needs more evidence that our nation is in crisis, its basic principles and values under attack, look no farther than Citrus County, Florida. Read More
Imagine Donald Trump's surprise upon realizing that a charity bearing his name did not mean the money belonged to him. Read More
Americans can achieve educational equity not through the generosity of the rich, but through a public funding formula that does not, as occurs now, reward wealthier communities and punish poor ones. Read More
Excluding these talented individuals from the workforce would do more than simply thwart their professional aspirations. It would also deprive a huge number of Americans of accessing quality care. Read More
Creating the European Union provided a structure big and strong enough to contain a united Germany and not be dominated by it. Read More
A consumer-owned utility would restore local control and reduce the costs to meet our future energy needs. Read More
Frankly, Republicans' problem is not even limited to Trump. He has created a party with lackeys and mouthpieces that is repulsive to the people Bill Clinton liked to say "work hard and play by the rules." Read More
In an era of trillion-dollar deficits and $23 trillion in accumulated debt, it is even more imperative to keep taxes low. America is at an inflection point. Read More
Veterans Day is a special day to thank our veterans. Our commitment is the same year-round: to guarantee that “Thank you for your service” is more than just words. Read More
"OK, boomer" sends the message that the grown-ups have screwed up so totally, and are veering so speedily into irrelevance, that convincing them of anything is a waste of keyboard characters. Read More
Across Maine, there is bipartisan recognition that student debt is too high and that attracting and keeping young professionals in our state is critical to our future. Read More
No other nation lavishes this kind of compensation on corporate executives. Read More
They mattered in the voting booth. And they'll matter in the days ahead. Read More
Trump knows something about slime excellence. With his congressional allies, his response to impeachment has been a veritable seminar on smears. Read More
Wildlife trafficking is a major transnational crime that is estimated to generate over $10 billion a year in illegal profits. Read More
When some people are more productive for the benefit of the group than others, moderate inequality can actually help further cooperation. Read More
Campaign 2020. Read More
Most people in this country don’t trust the media. Gallup, which runs an annual tracking poll on public perception of the media, asks a rather simple question to people every year. “How much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media — such as… Read More
Despite his reputation for being racially divisive, President Donald Trump's approval ratings have drifted upward among nonwhites in the past two years. Read More
