Opinion

Glover quoted in BDN editorial on imposing immigration rules

Robert Glover, an assistant professor of honors and political science at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “LePage can’t impose immigration rules on sheriffs that violate law, Constitution.” Requiring state and local government agencies to carry out federal mandates violates the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, said Glover. […]

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BDN publishes Glover’s op-ed on DACA

Robert Glover, an associate professor of honors and political science at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Congress must fix Trump’s terrible mistake on DACA.” Glover also is the co-leader of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country […]

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BDN publishes op-ed on labor history by McKillen

The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Labor activists resisted US internationalism a century ago. It’s time for them to step up again.” McKillen is a professor of history at the University of Maine and the author of “Making the World Safe for Workers: Labor, the Left and Wilsonian Internationalism” and “Chicago Labor and […]

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Gardner, Women’s Resource Center co-director write op-ed for BDN

Susan Gardner, director of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and the Rising Tide Center at the University of Maine; and Samantha Saucier, an undergraduate student and co-director of the Women’s Resource Center at UMaine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Misogynist banners normalize campus rape culture. There’s nothing funny […]

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BDN publishes grad student’s op-ed on women leaders

Allyson Eslin, who is pursuing a dual master’s in economics and global policy at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “When women lead, everyone prospers.” In her piece, Eslin cited Maine NEW Leadership, a weeklong, intensive leadership program offered in June at the University of Maine for […]

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