By Adam Marletta Do not be swayed by the class-baiting corporate news pundits, or the vitriolic poor-bashing letters to the editor in your local newspaper. The recent disclosure that 13 indi... Read more
By Adam Marletta “Blow, blow thou winter wind,” Shakespeare wrote in As You Like It. “Thou art not so unkind/As man’s ingratitude.” It is, perhaps, a fitting q... Read more
Do not be fooled by Gov. Paul LePage’s faux-populist rhetoric which he adopted in his recent State of the State address. His asinine plan to completely eliminate the state’s inco... Read more
A recent anti-tar sands rally in Portland, urging President Barack Obama to veto Congress’ approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline, demonstrated both the dire urgency of climate ch... Read more
“All that time spent going to school,” Jello Biafra sneers on the Dead Kennedy’s punk classic, “At My Job,” “just to end up following rules.” It is... Read more
If there is any hope to be found in the recent police killings–and subsequent exoneration of the officers involved–of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, it has been illustrate... Read more
To say the Democrats blew it in the midterm elections would be an understatement. The governor’s race should have been theirs to win. Instead, not only was Republican Gov. Paul LePage... Read more
With voters’ attention focused almost exclusively on the congressional and gubernatorial races, many have overlooked the equally important campaigns for the state legislature and Portl... Read more
In my inaugural column, on August 22nd, for the newly re-launched The West End News, I addressed the need for a higher minimum wage—in Maine and nationwide. What I did not touch on however,... Read more
Class Dismissed
By Adam Marletta The recent outcry over three South Portland high school students’ attempts to educate their fellow students of their constitutional rights by encouraging them to stan... Read more