Skip to main content
Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at a news conference Thursday, April 30, 2026, in Lewiston, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)
May 27, 2026

4 things people 'from away' need to understand about Maine

Most people only care about the U.S. Senate election in Maine because of what it means from a national perspective. That ignores the complex reality of life in Maine, writes Naomi Schalit, who worked as a journalist in the state for nearly 25 years.

Most Popular

In Case You Missed It

On Air Commentaries

Politics

(Photo)
May 15, 2026

How young people become radicalized

Myrieme Nadri-Churchill is a psychotherapist and the executive director of Parents for Peace. She believes we should treat the radicalization of youth as a public health issue: “We cannot fix what we don’t understand,” she explains. “We have to study extremism."

Support WBUR

More From Cog

The trouble with rats and rat poison

The trouble with rats and rat poison

In the name of preventing a rodent apocalypse, pest-control companies and property owners use highly lethal rodenticides. The problem, explains Colby Galliher, is that our ecosystems are engines of transfer...

May 19, 2026
Writing is for mothers

Writing is for mothers

Whether a mother-child relationship is healthy and attached, difficult and estranged, or somewhere in between, mothers and motherhood is good fodder for the page, writes Cog editor Cloe Axelson.

May 8, 2026
Listing life's little joys

Listing life's little joys

"Every Brilliant Thing” is getting lots of attention on Broadway this spring. "Clearly, these bits of joy, this ode to connection, is something people of the world -- or at...

May 1, 2026
Bobby Hall changed the world

Bobby Hall changed the world

The running community lost a legend last week: Bob Hall, the first person to ever race the Boston Marathon in a wheelchair, died at 74. Cog editor Cloe Axelson talked...

Apr 17, 2026
Listen Live