Commentary: Maine law fails patients who need abortions later in pregnancy

As a scientist, I seek irrefutable answers to complex problems. As a physician, I witness a range of human experience that is intensely nuanced and calls for case-by-case judgment.

Commentary: In praise of Mal Leary’s 10 rules for good news reporting

Leary, who died recently at age 72 after a brief illness, was as formidable a teacher as he was a journalist.

Ben Bragdon: Gardiner school officials remove Pride flag, and take sides with bullies

Commentary: All Mainers benefit when tax dollars are reinvested in support for recovery

L.D. 1714 would establish sustainable funding for Maine’s 19 recovery community centers, using taxes collected on adult use cannabis sales.

Commentary: Who deserves welfare? That’s the wrong question

Commentary: Expand Mainers’ eligibility for the Medicare Savings Program

There couldn’t be a better time to provide justice to the thousands of older Mainers now struggling to make ends meet.

Our View: We must change the way we think about caregiving

Robust support for a proposal that would pay parent caregivers of children with special needs acknowledges just how badly broken our systems of care are.

Our View: The effects of the global climate crisis will be local

Commentary: Allyship during Pride Month has to be a serious business

When LGBTQ youth live in communities that do not stigmatize their sexual orientation or gender identity, these young people not only survive, but thrive.

Douglas Rooks: Report on Attorney General Aaron Frey falls on deaf ears