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Maine Voices
Opinion columns submitted by the public to the Portland Press Herald.
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Maine Voices: City shouldn’t lose sight of climate goals
The Portland City Council should not eliminate the staff needed to make sure the city keeps its promises.
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Maine Voices: UMaine System breaking its health care promise to retirees
A new plan, set to take effect Jan. 1, is a slap in the face to people who spent their working lives supporting public higher education in Maine.
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Maine Voices: For many kids, distance learning makes healthy eating a lot harder
Kids are protected from COVID at home, but they’re exposed to digital junk food ads on educational platforms – unless the USDA takes action.
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Maine Voices: Reach out and help someone – suicide prevention is everyone’s responsibility
In a time of crisis, we must do a better job accepting mental illness as a disease that is no different from diabetes or a broken limb.
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Maine Voices: Time for renewal of Black-Jewish unity against bigotry
In Maine and across the U.S., both communities need to remember their historic cooperation in demanding that America live up to its promise of equality for all.
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Maine Voices: Portland chief’s focus on unity, respect welcome, but more work must be done
Now the police force needs to listen carefully to the community without becoming defensive.
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Maine Voices: A Mainer fought for the Casco Bay, Presumpscot River we enjoy today
Sen. Edmund Muskie mustered the support of enough colleagues to override President Nixon’s veto of the Clean Water Act, and his work continues.
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Maine Voices: Trump on track to winning a second term
The president has held onto his base while winning over skeptics with his free spending ways.
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Maine Voices: It is time to leave the tribalism and divisiveness behind
Four years under Donald Trump have shown us how fragile a democracy can be when we yield to fear and mistrust.