Lewis’ courage and self-sacrifice stands in sharp contrast to the man in the White House.
Maine Voices
Opinion columns submitted by the public to the Portland Press Herald.
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Maine Voices: Hungry Mainers need help from Washington to feed their families
The COVID-19 crisis has created a food insecurity epidemic and the Republican-controlled Senate needs to respond.
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Maine Voices: Want to help the economy? Stay home.
Reopening too aggressively leads to outbreaks that require reimposition of public health measures, further restricting consumer confidence.
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Maine Voices: Why this Democrat supports Susan Collins
The senator’s work ethic and commitment to bipartisanship make her the best representative for Maine.
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Maine Voices: Calendar fix would help unemployed workers
The state could bring $5 million into the economy simply by making Friday the official end of the week.
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Maine Voices: Portland city manager position should be abolished
Decisions that defund public health – like closing the India Street Positive Health Clinic – devalue the needs of Black and Latinx Mainers.
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Maine Voices: Focus on individuality has made it harder for U.S. to fight COVID
We will benefit from an approach that incorporates equality, giving to one another and seeing events through their eyes.
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Maine Voices: Public schools need support, not the distraction of a new funding model
A pandemic is not the time to implement education savings accounts, a program with a questionable track record in other states.
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Maine Voices: Gay man’s murder in 1984 started a movement
Charlie Howard was thrown off a bridge in Bangor 36 years ago, shocking the conscience of the state.
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Maine Voices: I asked for help. I didn’t realize it was going to come from a patient.
Despite the strain COVID has placed on health care workers, the question ‘Are you OK, Doctor?’ shows the trust that physicians and patients still share.