Op-eds - Portland Press Herald

Leonard Pitts: His selfless act raises larger issues – why do we let people go hungry in this country?

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald November 24, 2021November 23, 2021

How can we ensure that someone who needs food is fed not just today but also every day?

by Shirley Hager and James McCarthy Special to the Press Herald November 24, 2021November 23, 2021

The Maine governor’s latest Indigenous Peoples’ Day message highlighted incremental fixes that don’t effect systemic change.

by Roger Bowen Special to the Press Herald November 23, 2021November 22, 2021

Polluted waters and contaminated soils would make meaningless our right as Mainers to grow crops and raise livestock.

by Michael Tubbs and Debra Gore-Mann Progressive Perspectives November 23, 2021November 22, 2021

We can move toward our climate goals while empowering communities to build a healthy, thriving future based on their own priorities.

by Annie Wadleigh Special to the Press Herald November 22, 2021November 21, 2021

With many new buildings in Portland, people need to be aware that birds cannot see the windows without some help.

by Katja Hoyer Special to the Washington Post November 21, 2021November 20, 2021

Germany, at the moment one of the world’s most stable democracies, is on its third try.

by Anne Holliday Abbott Special to the Telegram November 21, 2021November 20, 2021

Clam dip and black olives are nonnegotiable. Just keep an eye on the neighbor’s dog and don’t eat the ‘show turkey.’

The new film ‘Bounty’ places a genocidal policy against the Penobscot Nation in the context of Revolutionary New England.

by Victoria Hugo-Vidal November 21, 2021November 20, 2021

A proposed state law would undo some of the damage that has been done to Native people by colonization.

Just home from Glasgow, a young scientist from Freeport sees climate change as a global – and local – challenge.