COVID continues to most severely disrupt – and threaten – our elders, who have faced the risk with grit and grace.
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Leonard Pitts: Michelle Obama makes clear that we can choose to be better than this
What lifted her speech was not its indictment of the current president, but its appeal to misplaced ideals of American fairness.
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Maine Voices: What my students have taught me during the pandemic
Amid surging anti-Asian harassment, I’m heartened by these young people’s maturity, compassion and willingness to forgo their normal activities.
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Rep. Pierce: Even in a pandemic, we can protect Maine’s general election vote
We need to expand voter registration opportunities, maximize the use of absentee voting and ensure safe and efficient in-person voting on Nov. 3.
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Maine Voices: How to deal with China? Build coalitions or risk another cold war
The U.S. can’t go it alone in dealing with Beijing but must lead countries that seek the rule of law, democratic values and strengthened international institutions.
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Commentary: Anti-referendum ruling won’t end baseless anti-corridor arguments
A lot of smart, honorable people who work for impartial Maine agencies have to be wrong to make NECEC opponents right.
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Maine Voices: Windham’s unpaved roads are not just for the birds
Other kinds of wildlife as well as human pedestrians benefit from the slower traffic on dirt country roads.
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Maine Voices: We can’t let food sit and rot while our neighbors go hungry
Forgotten Orchard is encouraging Mainers to look for overlooked fruit along roadsides and in yards and see that it gets harvested and distributed.
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Jim Fossel: Congress should stand up to Trump’s power grab
The Founders wanted the legislative branch to be a check on the executive’s power, but that’s not happening.
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Bill Nemitz: Read my lips? Not if you can’t see them
For deaf and hard-of-hearing Mainers, communicating through face coverings amid the pandemic has become all but impossible.