The prescient plan that she and Sen. Portman support will help fund infrastructure, will plug a loophole and will initially serve as a levy on wealth.
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Maine Voices: No wonder there’s a shortage of restaurant workers
Coverage of the scramble to fill food and beverage jobs spurs a Portland man to describe what he’s seen in 17 years in the business.
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Commentary: No need to keep gushing over rich guys and their space joy rides
The solutions to our problems will more likely be found in working together instead of warring with one another here on Earth.
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Maine Voices: Our country’s foundation depends on strong infrastructure plan
Any package should include enhanced broadband access and renewable energy, address climate change and harness willing private-sector resources.
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Leonard Pitts: Too many in America willing to trash what those in Cuba so desperately seek
In their disregard for a democratic process that says a former chief executive is no longer president, the right displays an affinity for authoritarian rule.
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Commentary: Cuban protesters risk their lives seeking the right to be
Thousands stand up to Miguel Diaz-Canel’s brutal brand of post-Castro communist dictatorship.
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Maine Voices: Federal relief funds should target Mainers hit hardest by the pandemic
Our health and economic well-being are bound together, and we can all become weaker when some people are left behind.
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Commentary: For heaven’s sake, get the COVID-19 vaccination
Conservative inoculation opponents frame the issue as a matter of rights when in fact it’s a matter of everyday morality.
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Maine Voices: Water control as political tool is playing out across the world
The struggles of Palestinians and the people of Maine for water rights and environmental justice are linked.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds
The View From Here: Avoiding the nostalgia trap
Seeing old friends can be a good reminder that the future has promise and the past was not always so great.