When I think about the importance of good people running for office, I think about people like Bree LaCasse. Bree is a hard-working, civic-minded Portlander who has demonstrated important leadership skills in both her professional and volunteer work. Many Portlanders have come to know her through her work invigorating Congress Square Park, improving our schools […]

The Senate will soon be voting on President Trump’s directive to drill for oil in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge – the largest national refuge in the country and critical breeding habitat for millions of birds that migrate to all Lower 48 states, including Maine. To her great credit, Sen. Susan Collins has voted against […]

I met Joey Brunelle when I was at a cafe, meeting with an associate about organizing community technology projects in Maine. Joey, ever the interested bystander, piped up at some point about how interesting our conversation sounded, and asked to know more. Joey hasn’t ever stopped being the helpful bystander, enabler and platform-giver. I like […]

With so much focus on controversial monuments, it is easy to forget that those alt-right groups in Charlottesville, Virginia, weren’t rallying just to defend their beloved statues. They also were using the event to terrorize Jews. This was done under the cover of free speech. The rallying cry of the Unite the Right marchers was: […]