The children are watching, a teacher pleads, and they can see we are not keeping them safe.
Maine Voices
Opinion columns submitted by the public to the Portland Press Herald.
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Maine Voices: Let’s take a second look at the 2nd Amendment
Justice Scalia’s landmark gun rights decision did not permit any person to have any gun in any place.
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Maine Voices: Native people understand the value of Arctic Refuge
Congress should repeal permission to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before the next round of leases is granted in 2024.
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Maine Voices: Tribal sovereignty is at the core of many issues
Activists concerned about climate change and abortion rights should join in the fight for state recognition of Wabanaki rights.
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Maine Voices: Lawmakers should ban assault-style weapons
The common factor in all mass shootings is not mental illness but access to guns, a child psychiatrist writes.
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Maine Voices: Support for Ukrainian refugees should set the standard for all
The federal government should extend its welcome to others fleeing war and oppression, including the 1,800 African asylum seekers who came to Maine over the last year.
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Maine Voices: Administration to blame for Barron Center staff shortage
It isn’t COVID that’s causing the problem but a crisis of leadership, a nurse says.
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Maine Voices: Inaction on gun safety takes teachers’ breath away
How can we tell our students that they are safe when our government does nothing in the face of mass murder?
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Maine Voices: Beware excess moderation on guns
Even Aristotle, who taught ‘everything in moderation,’ understood that outrage can be more virtuous than a lack of human feeling.
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Maine Voices: NIMBY tag unfair to Roux Institute neighbors
After 2 years of unanswered questions, East Deering residents doubt that they can trust the developers to work cooperatively.