We should identify now what the Maine Harness Racing Commission will do with its allocated funding.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Children’s books a chance to teach diversity
While I certainly do not claim that racism can be dismantled through children’s books, the act of reading — listening to someone else’s story — is a crucial component of ally work for racial justice, writes Elizabeth Powers.
Maine Compass: New model needed for owners, riders and horses
We should identify now what the Maine Harness Racing Commission will do with its allocated funding.
Smith: Put wind off the right shores
Offshore wind projects are coming to Maine, and they need to be sited correctly.
Miller: Repeal Obamacare? Be careful what you wish for
If Congress and the new Administration do not propose a reasonable replacement, 30 million people could be thrown off health care, 80 percent of those in working families that Trump claims to represent.
Maine Compass: The lessons of Japanese internment
It was wrong to round up Japanese-Americans 75 years ago, and today’s Muslims are no different.
Community Compass: St. Mark’s still serving Augusta
We are using different, innovative approaches, but we are still here.