We’ve won the right to know prices – now we need robust enforcement, meaningful penalties and full disclosure.
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Councilor Tae Chong: Portland Public Schools shortchanging Black students, those in poverty
Progressive school leaders have taken funding away from the most vulnerable and failed to focus on the issues of Black and brown youth.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: ‘D’ is for diphtheria, which still infects thousands
Working in a field hospital in a refugee camp gives a Maine doctor a glimpse of the world before there was widespread use of vaccines.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: How to help school boards resist pressure groups
Anti-maskers and Proud Boys are disrupting meetings. Well-heeled reformers are undermining public education. Changing election calendars and lowering the voting age can help.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: COVID isolation fuels hidden health crisis – falls in older Mainers
The weather forecast has forced the postponement of risk assessment and reduction events planned for this weekend in South Portland, but they will be rescheduled.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: You can starve an ideal for only so long before you kill it
On Biden’s watch, images of Border Patrol agents running down Haitian migrants are both appalling and disappointing.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: It’s time for Sen. Collins to support federal LGBTQ anti-bias protections
Maine has led the nation on a journey toward acceptance of LGBTQ people – voting for S.393 would continue this legacy.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: The more things change, the more they stay the same – or do they?
Unlike the Egyptians in 1177 B.C., we have the science and technology to mitigate the climate crisis, as long as we have the political will.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Budget choice – kids or billionaires
The child tax credit expansion has been shown to be a success. Making this expansion permanent should be a no-brainer.
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Maine Voices: Either we change and adapt to COVID, or we sicken and die of it
We have the ability to consciously alter the course of natural selection, but too many of us still are choosing to do what we’ve always done.