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Maine Voices
Opinion columns submitted by the public to the Portland Press Herald.
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Maine Voices: Forecasts of a looming economic depression are greatly exaggerated
The Fed is showing that it’s willing to go to great lengths to mitigate COVID-19’s impact.
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Maine Voices: Misguided EPA rule would take health science out of policy decisions
The proposal purports to protect privacy but would actually pave the way for regulations based on political bias.
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Maine Voices: We’ve had to stop volunteering at Preble Street – please take our place
People at lower risk of COVID-19 are urged to consider donating their time to organizations that can’t close their doors without abandoning the most vulnerable.
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Maine Voices: Virus’ spread shows need to resist ‘profits before people’ trade-off
Many toxic substances, some regulated and others not, have an unseen connection to COVID-19.
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Maine Voices: On the front lines of COVID-19 fight, nurses and doctors are unprotected
Because health care corporations didn’t prepare, a nurse and her colleagues wonder every day whether they’ll bring home the deadly virus.
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Maine Voices: Paging Dr. Koop – we need his science-based advocacy during today’s crisis
The U.S. must hear from a health care expert who commands the nation’s respect, as the surgeon general did in the AIDS epidemic.
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Maine Voices: To change our state’s forecast for COVID-19, we cannot afford half measures
Maine now has over 100 cases. Global data show that the time between 100 cases and 100 deaths averages 13 days.
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Maine Voices: Families getting a crash course in distance learning
With brick and mortar schools closed because of the coronavirus, our kids need boundaries, routine and the right space in order to study online.
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Maine Voices: Taking risks for the right reasons – common good, not private gain
Frances Perkins not only served as the first woman in the Cabinet but also acted to save refugees from Nazi terror.