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Maine’s housing authority recently signed a nearly $200,000 contract with Nesterly, a platform that allows homeowners to list extra rooms online.

Losses of memory and thinking are not inevitable in aging. It is possible to live to age 100 with a vigorous mind. That said, age is still a substantial risk factor. Alzheimer’s disease, for example, is known to develop silently over years. Brain health is top of mind for many aging adults and for good […]

Food production is the greatest challenge to abandoning fossil fuel.

The single most important task for the long-term survival of the human race is peacemaking. Regional wars involving nuclear powers are now raging in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Escalation risks are high and containment efforts are essential. The U.S. has a critical role to play in this work. Gone are the days when […]

Allegedly, the Republicans will vote for Speaker of the House tomorrow. Let's get rid of this revolting pile of poo now.

Tom Meuser’s July 22 letter (“Powerful voting bloc remaking our nation,” Page A4) summarizes in positive terms the anti-democratic ideology fueling the MAGA movement. He seems to be soliciting backing for this view but doesn’t exactly say so. The letter ends with the intriguing troll: ”I know how I will vote.” Whatever the intent, the […]

Voting is a legally established right that generations of people have struggled and fought to establish in peace and war.

There’s a formidable social and political movement at hand in the U.S. today. Right-leaning, mostly white, Christian and cisgender persons are championing their value and values in new and far-reaching ways. They make for a powerful voting bloc that’s presently remaking our nation. This movement emphasizes the importance of birth: that all conceived humans have […]

Autocracy as a form of national government is surging across the globe. A powerful Republican president, backed by a legislature and Supreme Court dominated by like-minded members, could well remake this nation. What might a Republican-led autocracy look like in the United States? One answer may be found in longstanding Republican values which emphasize small […]

The study could be the first of its kind in examining the association between PFAS exposure in older people and how they age.