Each year in the second week of December, Iraqi Yazidis, an ethnoreligious minority in northern Iraq, celebrate Rojiet Ezi, a festival that follows three days of fasting. During my ethnographic fieldwork in a refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2019, I witnessed how this festival brings joy to the displaced Yazidis as they celebrate with […]
2021
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Dick Polman: Democrats have failed to protect abortion rights
So it looks like Roe v. Wade is perched at the precipice. Gee, I wonder how that happened. Let me count the ways. Conservative Republicans started prioritizing a high court takeover, with the explicit aim of ending legal abortion, more than 40 years ago. In 1980, Ronald Reagan’s GOP introduced new language in its party […]
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Posted inMaine, News
From a large new facility in South Portland, Preble Street feeds people and fights to end hunger
The idea for the Food Security Hub came from a need to move away from the soup kitchen model and feed more and more people during the pandemic.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Holidays bring hope there will be justice for Ayla
Ten years after the disappearance of a little girl in Waterville, her mother’s wrongful-death lawsuit is moving forward.
Posted inTimes Record
From the Chamber: Predicting our future: A five-year look ahead
This is the first in a three-part series to recap what happened this year, and preview what is to come in 2022. Next week I’ll share some interesting facts and figures about 2021, and follow that up the week after with a look at how 2022 will become a truly transformational year for our chamber […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: South Portland school could be housing resource
Once a new consolidated middle school is built, let’s consider turning Mahoney into a place to live.
Posted inMaine, Toy Fund
Pandemic’s child care challenges push some parents to financial edge
Many parents who wrote to the Press Herald Toy Fund say a lack of child care options forced them to seek help.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Maine’s Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit exceeds expectations
Judged efficient and effective in a state report, the program promotes growth that builds on our heritage while enhancing our future.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Starbucks should see union vote not as a defeat, but an opportunity
Having this option will make the workforce stronger and more invested in the company’s success.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Rep. Pingree: Infrastructure bill win-win for our economy, environment
Now Congress must pass the Build Back Better Act to keep pace with other nations on social supports.