The need has never been more apparent than it is now, amid a pandemic and an economic downturn.
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Maine Voices: Vocal bystanders can help those targeted by hateful words, actions
A swastika painted in front of a Bangor synagogue is just the latest attempt to try to frighten and degrade a minority community.
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Commentary: Help close the Maine broadband gap – vote for expansion bond
The pandemic has made clear that reliable and affordable internet is a necessity for our livelihood, our education, our health care and our economy.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: With abortion ruling, Roberts tries to salvage Supreme Court’s reputation
But Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh don’t live by their pledges to honor precedent.
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Maine Voices: COVID makes us aware that dining out is about more than a meal
Going to a favorite restaurant involves a social exchange that’s hard to replace when the business is closed.
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Maine Voices: Black Lives Matter is the latest flower of the Black Radical Tradition
Despite what a recent columnist suggests, BLM does not vindicate liberalism – it exposes and upends liberalism.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View from Here: Revolution on Bastille Day?
The pandemic has overshadowed Maine’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary, but it could also affect the outcome.
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Insight: The nation’s first Black lawyer got his start in Maine
Fighting racial discrimination all the way, Macon Bolling Allen blazed a trail in the legal profession that started with his admission to the bar in Portland.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: In Maine, nationwide, COVID exposes built-in racism
It’s no coincidence that people of color are far more likely to be infected by the novel coronavirus.
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Maine Voices: Let us be a Juneteenth nation, not a July Fourth one
Making June 19 our national holiday would be a celebration of when we, as a nation, started taking the Declaration of Independence seriously.