It’s no surprise that every faith tradition encourages people to treat our neighbors as we would be treated ourselves. It’s up to each of us to put it into action.
Maine Voices
Opinion columns submitted by the public to the Portland Press Herald.
Maine Voices: America is not yet ‘the land of the free’
The long and difficult journey to codify equal rights and protections for all citizens, without any exceptions, is ongoing.
Maine Voices: Take a look at the real costs of gun rights
The financial costs of the Lewiston mass shooting are astronomical, in addition to the cost of lost lives and damaged sense of community.
Maine Voices: Portland is at risk of becoming a charmless, cookie-cutter city
Urban development is already obscuring the best-loved attributes of the Old Port and other parts of town.
Maine Voices: Let there be bus passes!
After 7 years, Portland Adult Education students are riding the bus for free. The efforts of numerous good people brought this to fruition.
Maine Voices: Maine must join in the call for the end of Parkinson’s disease
Congress just reintroduced critical legislation devoted to ending Parkinson’s. Let’s get behind it.
Maine Voices: There is space in sports for transgender athletes – especially at the youth level
Allowing a trans runner to race in girls cross country does not erase the achievements of other runners.
Maine Voices: Arguments against gun control are crafted to mislead
The sober truth is that Americans could significantly reduce gun violence if they chose to.
Maine Voices: We must not let our fear close in on our chances for joy
Tired of other people’s behavior dictating what I can and cannot do, I made a choice to push past it.
Maine Voices: We love our children, but we love our guns more
We want kids so badly but we can’t promise them that they are safe once they are here.