Our View: Promising solutions to Maine housing puzzle braid public with private

Long-term structural change will take time; a number of laudable new initiatives around the state acknowledge that reality.

Commentary: A lot done for Maine’s housing crisis, a lot more to do

Although policies alone will not solve the challenges we’re facing, many of them will significantly help.

Our View: Maine makes headway on housing, but crisis still grows

State efforts to build more affordable housing will take time. We can't allow Mainers to suffer in the meantime.

Our View: Maine makes headway on housing, but crisis still grows

State efforts to build more affordable housing will take time. We can't allow Mainers to suffer in the meantime.

Maine Voices: No walls are high enough to keep out people desperate for a safe place

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.

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.

Douglas Rooks: Legislature labors, but Mills controls

Susana Hancock: Until we get off fossil fuels, stuck weather patterns will worsen

Humanity has a choice to make.

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.

View from Away: US surgeon general takes aim at the toll inflicted by loneliness and isolation