The evidence is clear that Maine’s air quality is not as healthy as it should and could be. Read More
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A private company the state has chosen to operate a new psychiatric facility in Bangor has asked to keep many details of its proposal shielded from the public. This is just the latest in the shroud of secrecy surrounding the project. Read More
Who gets a vote? That simple question belies a complex reality facing a new study group in Portland. Read More
Understanding racism in America in 2018 means not only examining the long history of racist practices and ideologies in the South, but also the long history of racism in the Jim Crow North. Read More
The risky and environmentally damaging model being advanced in Belfast and Bucksport is not the way to go. Read More
They were the best of people, they were the worst of people. Trump promised us excellence. “I’m going to surround myself with only the best and most serious people,” he said in a 2016 interview with The Washington Post. “We want top… Read More
It is a brave new world out there, ladies and gentlemen, and I don't think it is a better one. Read More
It's hard to see what event would suddenly shift the midterms in Republicans' direction. Read More
Trump and his trade team should take these six steps to move America in the right direction on trade, one that will benefit all Americans rather than just a select few. Read More
Shine on, bright star. Read More
While the cost of health care is one of the overwhelming problems in the American health care system, short-term health plans do nothing to alter the underlying causes. Read More
Evil is real, and it walked the earth in Pennsylvania. Read More
One of the commitments that built this country was to a free press — one not controlled or hampered by a demagogue who has a good day only when he’s being flattered. Read More
In situations such as these, there is only one thing for Trump to do: declare victory. Read More
Congratulations, Omarosa. Your training has served you well. Read More
I freely admit that I was wrong about these unions when I first joined the Legislature. Read More
So whose will, and which people, are represented at Maine’s ballot box? The harsh truth: not real Mainers. Read More
How do people go haywire and shoot up a school, a concert, a random crowd? Read More
By concealing the least costly way to purchase a prescription drug, gag clauses reduce the affordability of essential medicines. Read More
There's something about these tweets that elicits even more squeamishness than your standard strategic valorizing. Read More
Maybe you’re glad Jones is gone, but content moderation also hurts human rights. Read More
Unless Republican leaders begin putting country ahead of party, history’s judgment against them all will be harsh. Read More
A reckoning with voters in November is the one appointment that Poliquin cannot avoid. Read More
If we don’t soon get off the highway we are currently traveling on, we will be irrevocably committed to a “hothouse Earth.” Read More
It is much easier to list the people in President Donald Trump's inner circle who do not have conflicts of interest and have not been investigated for small and large acts of graft. Read More
I don’t believe enough discussion has been given to the rest of the treatment that the medication assists. Read More
Maine soldiers would fight through the Second Marne from July 18 to July 24, advancing nine miles against determined German opposition. They would come off the line for three weeks in August, their only rest period during the entire war. Read More
