Ben Bragdon

Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel

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Published
October 12, 2020

Our View: On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, COVID threatens Native communities

The disparity in cases and outcomes shows how years of neglect and racism have left American Indians behind.
Published
October 10, 2020

View from Away: Trump squanders a lesson on COVID

Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (TNS)
Published
October 9, 2020

Our View: Deaf Americans should not be left out of debate

ASL interpreters, including a woman from Maine, opened last week’s event to more Americans.
Published
October 7, 2020

Our View: Out-of-state waste does not belong in Maine landfills

Regulators and the Legislature should close a loophole that goes against the intent of a decades-old law.
Published
October 6, 2020

Scholars Strategy Network: What’s at stake in the November election

Voters face a number of consequential issues, including economic security and environmental stability.
Published
October 5, 2020

Our View: Climate change effects becoming harder to ignore

Between smoke from West Coast wildfires and brown grass from a drought, Mainers could easily see how rising temperatures are affecting our world.
Published
October 3, 2020

View from Away: Senate is right to move swiftly to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court

The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
Published
October 2, 2020

Our View: Treat suicide as the public health problem it is

A new task force being formed to help veterans will do the important work of lowering the stigma that is getting in the way of care.
Published
September 30, 2020

Our View: Congress needs to act now to avoid long recession

A moderate recession will become a severe one — and most of us will feel the difference in our everyday lives.
Published
September 30, 2020

Our View: Congress seems to be courting a long recession

The House has a bipartisan COVID relief package, but Senate Republicans have failed to grasp the moment’s urgency.