Commentary: Democracy means more than just holding elections

The Fulcrum (TNS)

Commentary: Maine’s rural hospital systems are suffering and urgent care is needed

As our legislators perform triage, the thousands of people on hospital wait lists are at risk of being sidelined further.

Lynn Schmidt: Those who hold the line, on Jan. 6 and otherwise, deserve respect, not derision

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS)

Maine Voices: As the West shrugs, the world’s first Christians are being starved, ethnically cleansed

The U.S. and the EU must take a stronger stance on Azerbaijan’s brutal blockade of 120,000 civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh, or else the second Armenian Genocide is on our doorstep.

Maine Compass: Take Jan. 6 to search for your own ‘Epiphany’

Commentary: Where democracy won in 2022

Make no mistake, extremist threats haven’t gone away – but it was also the year when ‘the good guys struck back.’

Maine Voices: Remote work is not a solution for all individuals with disabilities

It’s high time we tackle the prejudice that causes disproportionate hardship and possible job loss for people with disabilities who are performing those jobs satisfactorily.

Douglas Rooks: GOP’s obstructionism turns on itself

The party has chosen chaos over governing for far too long.

Maine Voices: Is America moving toward a new isolationism?

President Biden has pledged that Ukraine will ‘never stand alone’ as it continue its fight. That's not only up to him.

Maine Voices: A big bipartisan opportunity to strengthen Maine’s democracy

The absence of ranked-choice voting in state elections and the system of unelected constitutional officers deprive Mainers of their right to full and fair government.