Colin Kaepernick, Gov. Doug Ducey, Nike, Beto O’Rourke and Mitch McConnell are all wrong.
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Maine re-asserts its leadership in environmental priorities
Maine is one of the birthplaces of the environmental movement, and, under Gov. Janet Mills and a Democratic Legislature, the state is rightly re-asserting its primacy in this all-important field of political, social and scientific endeavor. In its last session, the Legislature passed a series of laws comprising an ambitious program designed to promote recycling, alternative […]
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Lou Gehrig and born on the Fourth of July
Independence Day: In the early years of our State it was one of only two legal holidays — the other being election day. (Christmas did not win such recognition until 1858). This year’s Independence Day is a special one, as the 80th anniversary of one of the more compelling testimonials in the annals of American […]
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New legislation is proposed to aid organized labor
In recent decades, organized labor has been negatively impacted by the process of deindustrialization and the birth of a “new economy,” liberalized trade policies, global markets, global, corporations, global payrolls, and a renaissance of classical liberal economic ideology and pronounced employer resistance to organized labor. Such resistance is measured in part by demands for “flexibility” […]
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The 4th of July is our holiday — not Trump’s
We, the people, have been celebrating July Fourth for decades — and that’s how it should be. We don’t need to reframe D.C.’s celebration.
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NYPD sorry for ’69 raid at now-landmark Stonewall gay bar
The apology comes just weeks ahead of the milestone anniversary of the raid and the rebellion it sparked.
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In record time, opinions on gay rights flipped
Fifty years after the Stonewall riots, the growth in acceptance of gay people stands out among social movements, researchers say.
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She talked about her stalker to a true crime podcast. Here’s why that was healing
In 1996, just before my freshman year of high school in Chandler, Arizona, I went to check the mail one day and found a package addressed to me. Eagerly, I opened the large manila envelope and pulled out its contents, thinking it held good news about the cheerleading squad I’d just auditioned for. Instead, at […]
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Pride parade, festival in L-A next weekend
Pride L-A Maine will host a parade and festival on Saturday, June 29, at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. The parade begins at 11 a.m. at the park, marching across the Longley Bridge and ending at Festival Plaza in Auburn. The festival at Simard-Payne will go from noon to 4 p.m. FMI, go to: allevents.in/lewiston/stronger-together-2019-pride-l-a-maine-march-and-festival
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Social media addiction: There’s a cure for that
One effective way to correct unhealthy social-media habits is to “fast” for a few weeks and then come back with strict limits on use.