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Published
October 24, 2020

Maine Voices: We’ve been through bitter election years – and we’ve survived

Thomas Jefferson’s 1800 challenge to incumbent John Adams had everything we’re dealing with now, only worse.
Published
October 23, 2020

Maine Voices: Unionized workforce can make Portland Museum of Art stronger

A balance of power between labor and management equips an institution to adjust to change.
Published
October 22, 2020

Maine Voices: I stutter, but it doesn’t limit who I am or what I can do

Joe Biden’s stutter has brought the condition into the open. What helps people overcome it? For a Maine legislator, music was the key.
Published
October 21, 2020

Maine Voices: It’s up to community to make young people feel that they matter

The Maine Resilience Building Network is starting a conversation that will affect our state’s economic and public health.
Published
October 20, 2020

Maine Voices: Portland, county officials should make like the seasons and change

We community members can help by advocating for Preble Street’s shelter, for temporary winter housing and for long-term solutions.
Published
October 19, 2020

Maine Voices: Hospitals and nursing homes need aid from the state

Other states have released federal funds to health care providers, but so far Maine has not.
Published
October 18, 2020

Maine Voices: No time for self indulgence. Love America? Vote Trump

All that he has accomplished – in trade, the economy and foreign policy – will be at risk if Biden is elected.
Published
October 17, 2020

Maine Voices: Fire-free forests aren’t possible, but we can’t abandon prevention

Containment efforts have paid off in Maine – in a record-breaking wildfire year here, the average acreage per fire is very low.
Published
October 16, 2020

Maine Voices: Your vote – use it now or prepare yourself to lose it

Flaws in our Constitution and laws could enable the loser of the 2016 popular vote to overrule democracy if he’s not decisively trounced Nov. 3.
Published
October 15, 2020

Maine Voices: Understanding science, truth can help defeat denial, distortion

COVID-19 shows that if we accept as true only what we want to be true, then we’ll overlook what we prefer not to see.