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Maine Voices

Published
August 23, 2020

Maine Voices: Diverse ‘Hamilton’ leaves Native narrative out of America’s story

The exclusion is disappointing, but the musical – now a movie – does offer room for discussion of this land’s original owners and our legacy.
Published
August 22, 2020

Maine Voices: Ranked-choice voting gives Mainers another chance to make history

Voters don't have to worry that the independent will be the ‘spoiler’ of the U.S. Senate race.
Published
August 21, 2020

Maine Voices: COVID was the first wave – a mental health crisis will be the second

Mainers were suffering before the pandemic. The state should take steps to make it possible for more immigrant doctors to help them.
Published
August 20, 2020

Maine Voices: Take a moment to thank seniors for their sacrifices this year

COVID continues to most severely disrupt – and threaten – our elders, who have faced the risk with grit and grace.
Published
August 19, 2020

Maine Voices: What my students have taught me during the pandemic

Amid surging anti-Asian harassment, I’m heartened by these young people’s maturity, compassion and willingness to forgo their normal activities.

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Published
August 18, 2020

Maine Voices: How to deal with China? Build coalitions or risk another cold war

The U.S. can’t go it alone in dealing with Beijing but must lead countries that seek the rule of law, democratic values and strengthened international institutions.
Published
August 17, 2020

Maine Voices: Windham’s unpaved roads are not just for the birds

Other kinds of wildlife as well as human pedestrians benefit from the slower traffic on dirt country roads.
Published
August 16, 2020

Maine Voices: We can’t let food sit and rot while our neighbors go hungry

Forgotten Orchard is encouraging Mainers to look for overlooked fruit along roadsides and in yards and see that it gets harvested and distributed.
Published
August 15, 2020

Maine Voices: COVID-battered local businesses need Congress to step up

Lawmakers should forgo time off and work on automatic forgiveness of small PPP loans, commercial rent and mortgage relief and more funding support.
Published
August 14, 2020

Maine Voices: Kamala Harris graduated from university founded by Maine man

Union Gen. Oliver Otis Howard saw education for former slaves as the best way to ensure they could be informed voters.