The murder of George Floyd has forced into public consciousness the racism that pervades our police system. Our media have rightly given this ghastly act the coverage it deserves. Police violence against African Americans is rooted in deep inequality in our society. There is, however, another disturbing factor in the knee-on-neck killing of George Floyd […]

This year, the State of Maine will vote in the most important United States Senate election of our lifetimes. Mainers no longer require a passive voice in Washington, D.C. We need someone who will speak out against the rise of fascism. For far too long, mainstream politicians like Speaker Gideon and Senator Collins have sold […]

Many citizens will be choosing to vote by absentee ballot for the November election. Having just voted by absentee ballot in the primary, I was surprised to see that if I wanted to mail the ballot, the envelope would need a stamp. For me this was not a problem. But I began to think about […]

With all the craziness going on in politics, global warming, a scary pandemic, it’s easy to think everything’s going to hell in the proverbial handbasket. But as you look around today, you have two choices. You can see the glass half empty or the glass half full. Negative – with the sapping of psychic and […]

Glancing briefly at “close quarters,” the photo feature on the front page of the Maine/New England section (Page B1) of my Maine Sunday Telegram for June 28, I saw people crowded together wearing no face covering, obviously not observing health and safety protocols. “Another story about Texas, Florida and Arizona,” I thought, and I felt […]

I read with interest the recent Maine Voices columns “ ‘Whitewashing’ history gives youth distorted view of America,” by Sam Pausman (June 26, Page A12) and “Let us become a Juneteenth nation, not a Fourth of July one,” by Jackie McNeil (June 27, Page A10). Both express support for Black Lives Matter, but focus mainly […]

Anne Carney is truly the only candidate for the Maine Senate in the Democratic primary in District 29 (Cape Elizabeth, South Portland, Higgins Beach) who has a decades-long, consistent, lived expression of the values and experience that we desperately need during the current health, employment and education crises, as well as the planning of Maine’s […]

Portland Public Schools face challenges and opportunities that are unique in our state. Because of this, we need a strong representative in Augusta who will fight for our district and its students. As former Maine Democratic Party chair and father of two daughters in our public schools, Ben Grant has the professional and personal experience […]