It’s not enough to acknowledge past harms – non-Natives should work to create restorative change.
Maine Voices
Opinion columns submitted by the public to the Portland Press Herald.
Maine Voices: U.S. future role in climate fight uncertain as U.N. summit nears
The U.S. will be able to leave the Paris accord Nov. 4, 2020. What will that mean for the other countries at next week’s gathering?
Maine Voices: Stop use of immigration ‘iceboxes’
A Mainer reports on her conversations with asylum seekers stuck on the Mexican side of the southwest border.
Maine Voices: Community investment could be our state’s growth engine
Colby College is one major employer that has attracted workers by investing in making the surrounding community a place where families want to live.
Maine Voices: Give ‘we, the people’ control of our state’s vital infrastructure
Electricity, water, banks and the internet should be in the hands of the public, not corporate interests.
Maine Voices: Nation, Republican Party should allow the impeachment process to play out
For all of us, it is vital to uphold the rule of law; for the Republicans, it is critical to resolve the issue in an election year.
Maine Voices: Solution to school shootings must come from within each institution
Bring family and school together, so parents and students are part of the same community and young people become each other’s supporters.
Maine Voices: In time of turmoil, let’s recommit to our grand democratic experiment
May we be as stalwart and smart and creative as the originators of this radical idea of government.
Maine Voices: Domestic abuse destroys lives even when it doesn’t end them
All intimate-partner violence takes a toll. Stopping it requires seeing it for what it is.
Maine Voices: Hunting is for women
Unplug, slow down, get outside and take responsibility for acquiring the meat you eat.