Gov. Janet Mills has proposed a rollback to the hardship exemption that allows our immigrants and asylum seekers the ability to receive SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) while looking for work. Taking SNAP away from these people isn’t helpful. It would only make sense to keep them healthy. Then, when they do find a job, […]

Ukraine urgently needs and deserves our continued support. Ukraine first declared independence as the Russian empire fell in 1917. It was crushed by the Bolsheviks. Joseph Stalin starved millions of Ukrainians in 1932-33 so that the grain they depended on could be exported. In 1991, Ukraine’s second declaration of independence was key to the collapse […]

We in Maine now understand that the state of mind of Robert Card was not understood or ignored; so many people were killed in the mass shooting in Lewiston that took place last year. That shooting is still clear in our minds as an act of horror we never want repeated. Now, Donald Trump has […]

It’s absolutely stunning to me that with huge surplus income that has been, and is being, discussed within the statehouse, our governor and Legislature are not able to see the forest for the trees and use it for schools. Cal Brown, Litchfield

At an Ohio campaign rally on March 18, former president Donald Trump assured the gathering that if he isn’t re-elected, there’ll be “a bloodbath for the country” and “that’ll be the least of it.” True to form, he’s griped that that comment has been taken out of context: He was referring to the dismantling of […]

I don’t mind people believing that life starts at conception, but I do mind these same people supporting the Israeli war against Gaza, where over 13,000-plus children have been killed. I do mind these same people turning away desperate parents and children at the border. And making cuts in social programs that help children get […]

I am writing with a heart full of gratitude and admiration for the exceptional individuals who make up the dedicated staff at the Guy E. Rowe Elementary School. As a parent of a child with a rare metabolic disorder that affects every aspect of his daily life — including his ability to communicate, move independently, […]

I’m responding to Tom Hart (“Biden is ruining America, bring back Trump,” March 15). He should remember that when Donald Trump left office things were not so great. Mostly due to his lies, mishandling and, in my opinion, being the biggest spreader of the virus we know of. President Biden did what? Lowered drug prices, […]

I recently heard Rep. Laurel Libby say that before she got involved in grassroots advocacy she thought she was doing her patriotic duty by just voting. That is my story as well. I stayed away from political action. I was too busy with other important things: work, family and life in general. I now know […]

Last year the Legislature voted to raise the minimum wage in Maine, but Mainers are still waiting for that raise. Growing up with a single mom who struggled to make ends meet, I saw up close and personal the harmful impacts of low wages and income inequality. Those impacts pass from one generation to the […]