Opinion

Editor’s Note: Elena Sheppard is a culture writer who focuses on books, fashion, theater and history. Her first book, “The Eternal Forest: A Memoir of the…
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Oct 7, 2023. The day Hamas attacked Israel.  I opened Instagram and was immediately flooded with news over the attack. In the days that followed, every social…
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Well, there he goes again. Gov. Tate Reeves blocked a federal summer food program for poor school children because it would “expand the welfare state.”  Welfare has become the…
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Editor’s note: Bruce A. Green is the Louis Stein chair at Fordham Law School, where he directs the Stein Center for Law and Ethics. He is a former federal…
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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSaveAntisemitic incidents have exploded on college campuses (and elsewhere) since Oct. 7. For the first time since the war…
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Louise Spencer and Claudia Damon both live in Concord and are members of the Kent Street Coalition. Late last…
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On Oct. 1, 192,000 Mainers resumed making payments on more than $6.5 billion in cumulative student loan debt. With Maine ranking 42nd in states for lowest student debt at…
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<!-- --Fractious and divided internal politics, Islamism and the Chinese hand explain the antagonism of the new government of Maldives towards India. The government before…
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I often find myself considering the reactions of other people when discussing my music taste in order to manage their perception of me. Maybe I’ll mention a…
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By Eric Jordan Updated: 3 hours ago Published: 3hours agoNearly 85,000 King salmon fry swim out of nets and around a 2,190-gallon tank of water as they adjust to life outside…
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