Kimberly Simmons, University of Southern Maine. Originally published in Bangor Daily News August 16, 2017. In August of 1917 members of the National Women’s Party were arrested for picketing in front of the White House. In a coordinated act of civil disobedience, new picketers replaced those hauled to prison, providing unrelenting pressure on President Woodrow […]

Allyson Eslin, University of Maine. Originally published in Bangor Daily News August 2, 2017. In the 21st century, something in politics went terribly sour. It is clear, now more than ever, that the toxic dynamic in the American political landscape needs to change. The dialogue has become unhealthily vitriolic, full of hyperbolic hatred and, increasingly, […]

Michael Howard, University of Maine. Originally published in Bangor Daily News July 19, 2017. According to President Donald Trump, the 2016 Paris climate agreement favors China and India and unfairly disadvantages the United States. Notably, he objects to a reduction of coal use in the United States, while China and India continue to use and […]

Jennifer Wriggins, University of Maine School of Law. Originally published in Bangor Daily News July 12, 2017. It will be devastating for the country, and for Maine in particular, if the Senate passes its health care bill. Fourteen million Americans will lose their health insurance coverage by next year under the bill, and 22 million […]

Nicole Kellett, University of Maine at Farmington. Originally published in Bangor Daily News July 4, 2017. Arguably, the most economically, militarily and politically powerful country in the world is being led by a man who views more than half of the world’s population — women — as pieces of ass. In 1991, Trump discussed the […]

Jeffrey Selinger, Bowdoin College. Originally published in Bangor Daily News June 20, 2017. President Donald Trump has said some crazy things — things that a strongman from a dictatorship in the developing world might say, but not a U.S. president. Among other things, he’s denigrated federal judges, challenged the independence of our intelligence agencies and […]

Lynne Miller, University of Southern Maine. Originally published in Bangor Daily News June 6, 2017. Many philanthropic organizations have entered the world of school reform, confident in their ability to transform schools. Chief among them is the Gates Foundation, which invested untold sums of money in a series of innovations (from small schools, to bonuses […]

Steven E. Barkan and Michael Rocque, originally published in Bangor Daily News June 4, 2017. Mass shootings rightly make us concerned and afraid. Recently, however, politicians and ideologues hoping to score points have used these incidents to change the way we live, teach and learn. A bill — LD 1370 — being considered by the […]

Sandra Butler, University of Maine. Originally posted in Bangor Daily News May 23, 2017. Earlier this month, France elected a new president, Emmanuel Macron. The French presidential campaign and its results may not have captured public attention in the US to the extent that the US presidential election both fascinated and horrified the rest of […]

Lenard W. Kaye, University of Maine. Originally posted in Bangor Daily News April 25, 2017. Aging Mainers across the oldest and most rural state in the nation are a stoic and fiercely independent lot. But like the millions of their counterparts in other rural states, they may be losing the battle when it comes to […]