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May 16
How anti-government sentiment was harnessed
Half a century of political manipulation explored in book
At War with Government: How Conservatives Weaponized Distrust from Goldwater to Trump By Amy Fried and Douglas B. Harris; Columbia University Press University of Maine political science professor Amy Fried’s new book concerns a pattern in recent political history you may very well think quite familiar. At War with Government: How Conservatives Weaponized Distrust from Goldwater to Trump, co-authored with…
May 16
Photographic proof of Portland’s hip rebirth
Documentary images captured a ‘moment of moments’
Take It Easy: Portland in the 1970s by John Duncan; Islandport Press Review by Dana Wilde Summers in the ’60s my father trundled from Cape Elizabeth to Portland to go…
May 13
A visit to Prock Marine with Lois Dodd, Jeff Epstein
Two painters engage with Rockland waterfront
The Rockland waterfront is a busy place, with all manner of marine activities happening all the time. Among its most venerable businesses is the Prock Marine Company on the northern…
May 13
Our readers write—Racism, sexism, and the joy of libraries
Racism heritage To the editor: Thanks very much for your article on our heritage (“Maine’s not-so-clean history on race,” May issue). Having lived away in Denver for more than 30…
May 4
A wonderful life begins close to home
Populism as a political value is complicated
Much of my political philosophy—maybe too much—springs from the 1946 film It’s a Wonderful Life. Policy questions are more nuanced and complex than talking heads on cable news suggest, and…
May 4
A reliable winter harvest fueled local economy
Kennebec River provided quality product
This time of year, Mainers look forward to the thaw and the coming of warmer weather. It is a time to look ahead to the opportunities that a Maine summer…
May 4
Charged winds blowing along East Coast
Wind energy project off Virginia largest in U.S.
Scheduled to begin construction in 2024, the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project launched by Dominion Energy is the largest of its kind in the country. A 2.6-gigawatt wind farm that…
May 4
Book introduces Maine to new neighbors
Faces and stories demystify state’s newcomers
Dear Maine: The Trials and Triumphs of Maine’s 21st Century Immigrants By Morgan Rielly and Reza Jalali (Islandport Press) Review by Tina Cohen I’ve just read online that in 2021,…
April 29
Maine’s not-so-clean history on race
KKK to Native genocide part of our heritage
Early in his presentation, Todd Little-Sebold shows a photo of a Ku Klux Klan gathering in 1926 that drew about 30,000. Mississippi? Georgia? Nope. Portland, Maine. The photo often prompts…
Island Postcards
EPISODE 10: Keep the Light Shining
Two ambitious young women swam around the entire Island of Isle au Haut during the summer of 2019 to raise money for crucial renovations to the lighthouse.
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