Regimes have long used the World Cup to hide human rights abuses

So far, FIFA has chosen profits over action. The question now is whether soccer’s global governing body will continue to ignore the human rights violations in Qatar, as it did in the 1970s in Chile and Argentina, or if it will commit to establishing a fund to compensate migrant workers and ensure that LGBTQ+ people do not face discrimination or harassment.

There is hope for stopping gun violence — look at cigarettes and seat belts

I’m thankful that we’re a people with the ideals, morals and fortitude to make huge changes in our culture and our nation.

I’ve seen the unannounced casualties of the Ukraine war

There’s obviously no official solution to these animals’ plight, but I’ve come up with a modest solution of my own. I suggested that each member of my brigade adopt one small furry life to take home, and most have agreed.

Editorial cartoon for Sunday, Nov. 27

Bob Neal: The Countryman: Taking the easy way out — yet again

To put all schools on equal footing, we would need a core of teachers devoted to boot-strapping kids likely to have a tough time of it in school. Maine could offer, say, college scholarships for future teachers who agree to teach in low-performing schools.

Editorial cartoon for Saturday, Nov. 26

Froma Harrop: Please drop the first-elected whatever

The public is well ahead of the media in not focusing on the candidates’ DNA. May the headline writers catch on.

Editorial cartoon for Friday, Nov. 25

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Elon Musk’s new toy

When you break your toys right out of the box and you’re not 5 years old, it probably means you have too many toys.

Michael Boom: If we turn away, we’re all complicit

In the recent PBS documentary “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” all of us are complicit in the tragic aftermath of World War II. If history teaches us anything, then the turning away from the suffering in Ukraine is proof that a blind eye does not excuse us from our obligation to humanity. Truly, the line-in-the-sand […]