Public-private partnerships, which bring together experts with diverse talents and robust resources, succeeded against the coronavirus. Let’s try them against cancer.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Let’s invest in bipartisan bill to tackle plastic waste
Both environmentalists and Big Business support L.D. 1467, which would reduce the amount of virgin plastic in our state’s beverage bottles.
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Commentary: Yes, truckers, you should get the vaccine
Those avoiding a quick, painless injection could be spreading a virus that is still killing thousands every day in North America.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Join the 2022 Trek Across Maine – and support healthy lungs
Come take a ride, starting in Brunswick and spanning the entire state, and help us achieve this year’s goal of raising $1 million.
Posted inElection 2022, Op-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The time for women to run for office is now
The COVID pandemic, rampant inflation and Russia’s involvement in Ukraine give voters plenty of motivation – and female candidates should be motivated, too.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Is America a racist country? If you have to ask, you’re part of the problem
If federal jurors conclude that Ahmaud Arbery was shot because he was Black, they’ll go a long way toward helping us see ourselves as we are.
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Maine Voices: Pay Maine community college instructors fairly before granting free tuition
The economic feasibility of a social good cannot rely on the continued perpetuation of a socioeconomic injustice.
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Commentary: Parents want this book out of North Carolina high school classrooms. So I read it
The outrage over ‘The Girl Who Fell from the Sky’ is another example of adults not wanting kids to see the world the way it actually is.
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Maine Voices: Save people like my friend Madison – pass L.D. 1862
Expand Maine’s Good Samaritan law, so others will not hesitate to call 911 when their friends are in crisis.
Posted inElection 2022, Op-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Trump versus McConnell isn’t the real story
Sure, the minority leader would like to diminish the former president’s influence. But he cares much more about winning elections.