Zack Barowitz is well qualified to serve on the city Charter Commission. He’s also a kind and helpful person. Zack was canvassing the District 3 neighborhood when Shadow, our dog, got loose and ran off. So did Zack. He caught the runaway several blocks away. The grateful Brenner family will vote for Barowitz on June […]

I support the full Portland school budget proposal. Schools have become the epicenter for all critical human needs and social services. As a food justice advocate, I know this well. Food-insecure students rely on school meals for more than 50 percent of their daily calories, yet federal reimbursements for meals are at most $3.53 per […]

June 8 is the date for Portland voters to select nine people to become members of the Charter Commission, the body tasked with defining city government and setting in motion the apparatuses for dealing with crucial issues of Portland citizens. Cheryl Leeman, a veteran public servant with 30 years experience and proven leadership, is a […]

Genie Gannett, of the First Amendment Museum in Augusta, comments about religious freedom in her op-ed, “Many ways exist to live your First Amendment freedoms” (May 1, Page A9). She extols the freedom to worship for all faiths. Amen. However, she says nothing about how secular thought and ideals now constitute an established and operating […]

The Detroit Free Press editorial in the May 1 Press Herald uses platitudes, generalities and propaganda in place of facts, data and proven causal relationships. Labeling President Biden’s proposals “liberal wish lists,” an intended pejorative; writing that raising taxes on the wealthy will be detrimental to “the economy” and “there’s no way that the middle […]

In an effort to target the ongoing Indigenous human rights issues happening in Maine, education and trust building are integral and inextricably intertwined parts of addressing racism against Wabanaki people in the state. The lack of trust between the state and the tribes results in failed efforts to collaborate and produces “continued institutional processes of […]

As a breast cancer survivor, I have relied on medication to prevent the cancer from returning. Like many Americans, I have experienced the high cost of prescription drugs. With L.D. 686, An Act to Increase Prescription Drug Pricing Transparency, Mainers will no longer have to forgo necessary medication because of cost. I thank Maine state […]