By letting the voters decide Trump’s inclusion in the upcoming presidential election, we are, in effect, invalidating the written Constitution, in particular the 14th Amendment Sec. 3, the so-called insurrection clause. If that clause had not been put in, then Jefferson Davis, former president of the Confederacy, could have run for the presidency. Section 3 […]

The Portland Museum of Art is behaving dangerously like a large multi-national corporation with shareholders in its disregard for local ordinances. And it appears to be taking lessons in strategy from certain political quarters with the outlandish claim that 142 Free St. is an emblem of Jim Crow because of its Greek Revival faςade’s makeover, […]

We are in a health care crisis. I work as a social worker in Portland and today I tried to help one of my clients get connected to a primary care doctor because he has a growth on his chest that may be cancerous. I called all the major providers in the area. The earliest […]

An estimated 60% of female high school students and 30% of male high school students struggle with depression and thoughts of self-harm, according to an NBC poll conducted this year. The study suggests that a majority of people who seek mental health therapy are unable to obtain help. As a mental health therapist, I can […]

Ben Gilman said it best in the Jan. 11 opinion piece, “Home visiting and child care are vital to Maine kids’ well-being.” I’ve worked for the early care and education center, Youth & Family Outreach, for seven years and my children have both attended. As a mother, I am grateful for the community and village […]

Should the people of Maine decide whether Donald Trump is on the primary ballot? Should Secretary of State Shenna Bellows be impeached? These are the wrong questions to be asking in our democracy. The duties of Maine’s secretary of state include ensuring that candidates who appear on the primary ballot are qualified for the office […]

On Jan. 3, the first day of the legislative session, I traveled to Augusta to urge legislators to pass strong, meaningful, gun safety reform. This issue is very important to me, which is why I stood in the cold, with my walker, for an hour and a half before I could even get in the […]