‘It’s all true,’ the young woman, no longer afraid to speak up, told her mother after a year of assaults, threats and insults.
Maine Voices
Opinion columns submitted by the public to the Portland Press Herald.
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Maine Voices: We can put out next ‘Reichstag fire’ – if we’re ready to
The Bill of Rights gives us rights unknown in Nazi-era Germany: to speak out, assemble and march against abuses of power.
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Maine Voices: We’re tired. Things are in chaos. But nothing will change if we don’t vote
We owe it to each other to channel our energy – our fear, anger and pain – into something that can make a difference.
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Maine Voices: Choose freedom over license in the mask debate
Freedom is the considerate notion of not curbing others’ rights while you exercise yours.
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Maine Voices: Canada’s ‘Atlantic Loop’ power grid could bring big value to Maine
Maine should get in on the planning early as the 4 Atlantic provinces and Quebec weigh a grand proposal for clean energy.
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Maine Voices: Maine can’t wait for action on climate change
As the waters in the Gulf of Maine are warming rapidly, the Trump administration’s policies are making it worse.
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Maine Voices: Republican social Darwinists buy into illusory COVID herd immunity
That avowed pro-lifers are advocating letting the unfit perish for the sake of the fit is nothing short of paradoxical.
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Maine Voices: Florida election could help ensure voter liberty for Mainers
An open-primary amendment is on the Sunshine State ballot – let’s urge friends and family who now live there to support it.
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Maine Voices: Go back to the future in filling Supreme Court vacancies
We need to encourage bipartisanship by restoring the 60-vote threshold for advancing nominations to the high court.
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Maine Voices: Don’t let candidates dodge questions on Obamacare, lawsuit
Arguments in the case will be heard Nov. 10; if the Supreme Court rejects the ACA, nearly 100,000 Mainers will lose coverage.