Why using fear to promote COVID-19 vaccination and mask wearing could backfire

Black History Month: Gerald Talbot, Maine’s first Black lawmaker

What 2020 taught us about race and class in America

The events of 2020 challenged and changed our individual and collective identities as Americans.

Extremists exploit a loophole in social moderation: Podcasts

Major social platforms have been cracking down on the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol

How a Florida ‘dealmaker’ turns conservative outrage into cash

An investigation linking a network of right-wing sites to a digital marketing venture illuminates the financial motives behind the spread of hyperpartisan, low-quality news.

Angus King shows the way politicians should be

Is there an ‘antifa threat’ in the United States, as Donald Trump claims?

The antifa movement gained momentum in the United States following the election of Donald Trump. However, its members do not constitute a threat in the sense of the American president.

Who are the rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6?

Ostensibly protesting an election they may have thought was stolen, their actions fed a larger set of goals that American militants are seizing upon to take more extreme action.

Why ‘free speech’ needs a new definition in the age of the internet and Trump tweets

Freedom of speech emerged as a concept after the invention of the printing press, and that's worth revisiting in the context of social media and Trump's presidency.

Presidential pardons and the case from Maine that once besmirched the process