The Ferry Was Full
IMMIGRATION · POLITICAL POWER · MASSACHUSETTS
May 28, 2025
Federal agents conducted surprise
immigration raids on Martha’s
Vineyard and Nantucket, detaining…
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Maine’s Medical Meltdown
PUBLIC HEALTH · MEDICINE · WHITE HOUSE
May 2, 2025
Federal cuts and policy shifts have
severely disrupted biomedical
research funding in Maine, leading
to halted projects.
The phone call came in April. No
press release, no warning. Just a
curt message from the National
Institutes of Health: the $500,000
grant supporting vaccine research at
the MaineHealth Institute for
Research was gone.
Dr. Clifford Rosen, one of the lab’s
senior scientists, still remembers…
The Maine Resistance
WHITE HOUSE · STATE POLITICS · LAW AND COURTS
April 24, 2025
Following Donald Trump’s 2024
presidential victory, Maine has
emerged as a focal point of
resistance to federal.
The Border Was Just a
Line—Until It Wasn’t
COMMUNITY · VERMONT · QUEBEC
April 15, 2025
The Haskell Free Library and Opera
House, a century-old building
bisected by the US-Canada border,
has long.
By the time they told Canadians to
use the back door, the building had
already made its point.
For 121 years, the Haskell Free…
Big Money, Small Towns: How
Outside Cash is Rewriting
Local Democracy
POLITICAL POWER · CAMPAIGNS · LOCAL GOVERNMENT
March 18, 2025
In the fading twilight of a chilly
North Carolina evening, a local
election in Sylva was decided by the…
The City in the Footnotes
MUNICIPAL BUDGET · PUBLIC SAFETY · URBAN PLANNING
June 15, 2026
Portsmouth faces challenges in
making complex municipal budgets and
policies understandable to residents
amid rising costs and intricate
governance.
Federal Judge Allows Parts of
Hewitt Lawsuit Against
Portsmouth Officials to…
LAWSUIT · CIVIL RIGHTS · LOCAL GOVERNMENT
June 9, 2026
A federal judge allowed parts of
James Hewitt’s civil-rights lawsuit
against Portsmouth officials over
his 2024 Planning Board removal
attempt.
A federal civil-rights lawsuit
arising from Portsmouth’s 2024
attempt to remove former Planning
Board member James Hewitt will move
forward in part after a ruling by
U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock…