Tasha Lamm’s problems could seem overwhelming: poverty, unemployment, an abusive mother, a boyfriend who died of a heroin overdose
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
Posted inOp-Eds, Perspective
Maine deserves a serious debate on climate change in the U.S. Senate race
With much of America’s West Coast burning and Southeast Coast flooding, it’s amazing that the subject of climate change has barely been mentioned in the Susan Collins-Sarah Gideon Senatorial slugfest. Instead, Mainers have been treated to a nightly barrage of dueling television ads in which Collins and Gideon have attacked one another for every real […]
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Posted inPerspective
The racist roots of the dog whistle
Here’s how we came to label the coded language
Posted inPerspective
Donald Trump built a career on magic words. The spell is breaking now.
President Donald Trump believes that all politics is theater, and theater of a very specific sort: television. This is no surprise, since television is his comfort zone. It’s the only area of his professional life where he’s demonstrated any actual success. On “The Apprentice,” Trump was not a failed Queens casino operator with a string […]
Posted inNation / World
Interactive Map: Track Hurricane Delta as it approaches U.S. Gulf Coast
Hurricane Delta, gaining strength as it bears down on the U.S. Gulf Coast, is the latest and nastiest in a recent flurry of rapidly intensifying Atlantic hurricanes.
Posted inNation / World
Pelosi ‘at the table’ even after Trump scrapped virus talks
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she’s “at the table” and ready to negotiate a coronavirus aid package even after President Donald Trump halted talks abruptly
Posted inNation / World
Rock star and guitar legend Eddie Van Halen has died of cancer
His band, Van Halen, is among the top 20 best-selling artists of all time, and the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
Posted inPerspective
Why we will get to use ranked-choice voting when we vote for president
The short answer to the above important question is YES. You will be able to indicate your preferences for candidates for president when you fill out your ballot this November. But I do not blame you if you are confused by the recent headlines and articles concerning ranked-choice voting. You are probably saying to yourself, […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Perspective
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris: The possible post-election odd couple and other election eccentricities
Donald Trump re-elected president and Kamala Harris elected vice president? It might happen. Here’s how.
Posted inSchools & Education
Education under Siege: A Sun Journal Investigation
This report is part of a continuing series on poverty in Maine, and the strangling affect poverty has on our communities. The work is being done in cooperation with the Investigative Editing Corps.