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PublishedMarch 14, 2021
Insight: Controlling Maine’s energy future
An agency that can borrow money at the lowest rate is what Maine needs to move away from fossil fuels.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2021
Black History Month: Schools were segregated in the North, too
The battles of the civil rights era were also fought outside the Jim Crow South.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2021
Insight: Rural health care in crisis
Here are five reforms the Biden administration can enact to turn around troubling trends.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2021
Insight: 2020 was a good year – for reading Maine history
The anniversary of Maine statehood gave a retired editor a vantage point to tell the story of the last 200 years, one day at a time.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2020
Insight: Can Joe Biden win the transition?
The president-elect has to show the world that power has transferred to him without the usual help from the Trump White House.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2020
Insight: Don’t forget to laugh
Research shows that laughing is good for your mind and your body.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2020
Insight: Climate crisis not getting a wartime response
A World War II era energy project stands in sharp contrast to Maine's slow progress on offshore wind.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2020
Insight: Not our Pearl Harbor, but our Somme
World War I’s bloodiest battle denotes the scope of the societal shifts necessary to combat COVID.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2020
Insight: Getting our house in order
Black lives won't matter until we answer for the sins of slavery.
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PublishedJune 28, 2020
Insight: The nation’s first Black lawyer got his start in Maine
Fighting racial discrimination all the way, Macon Bolling Allen blazed a trail in the legal profession that started with his admission to the bar in Portland.
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