At the National Governors Association winter summit, President Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal funding from Maine after Governor Janet Mills spoke out against Trump’s executive order banning transgender women and girls from competing in sports.
I consider myself a political person. Every morning I read the news or listen to a podcast summarizing it. My Instagram feed is littered with posts from The New York Times, The New Yorker and meme accounts spoofing current events. …
Eighty years from now, my hometown will be swallowed by the ocean. Hot, white sand and elegant, drooping oak trees decimated by the incoming tide. My three-bedroom, FEMA-manufactured home, which has lasted decades longer than it was meant to, will …
One long-standing conception of academia is that of the ivory tower: an elite scholarly enterprise focused solely on the pursuit of truth and knowledge, removed from worldly concerns and troubles. For decades, however, many academics have sought to challenge that …
On Saturday, January 18, the Electric Cottage Collective (ECC) hosted an art-build entitled “Art Build: Defeat Trump’s Extreme-Right Billionaire Agenda” in preparation for the “Maine Progressive Groups Rally to Protest Trump’s Agenda.” Participants at the art-build had the opportunity to …
Students interested in working for the federal government are scrambling to reevaluate their job prospects after President Donald Trump ordered a 90-day hiring freeze last week across all executive branch agencies, except those related to “immigration enforcement, national security or …
If we were to imagine a policy that not only reduces carbon emissions and stimulates the economy but also unites arguably the largest and most noticeable divide in the U.S.—the polarization between the Republican and Democratic Parties—we wouldn’t be dreaming. …
Supreme Court justices should be the most ethical people in our country. We trust them with the power of judicial review, deciding right from wrong. While over the last few years, many people have grown frustrated with the ideological makeup …