In Cumberland County, we’ve taken uncharted paths in the civil code to coordinate mental health care for homeless defendants who need it. We’re about to have to take more.

Supportive housing works. Let’s intervene and insist on healthier outcomes.

An unfavorable jobs report led to the firing of the head of the nonpartisan Bureau of Labor and Statistics. This is unacceptable.

We need a new tone to our political dialogue. Mainers shouldn’t wait for others to take the lead.

We need a new tone to our political dialogue. Mainers shouldn’t wait for others to take the lead.

What if a panel of voters cast individual votes on legislation, live, and their elected representative would simply transmit the outcome? That’s our vision.

We ignore warnings at our peril.

Growing skepticism of SSRIs and other medications spells danger.

I teach English to immigrant students. Increasingly, they’re viewed sideways, they’re afraid and I’m afraid for them.