The consequences of overdevelopment aren’t being given sufficient consideration.
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Maine Voices: Years of inhumanity to Palestinians have inhuman consequences
Hamas’ slaughter of Israeli civilians follows 75 years of the killing of Palestinian civilians and nearly two decades of an embargo that keeps Palestinians from getting food and medication.
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Maine Voices: ‘Sweeping’ encampments makes sick and unhoused Portlanders even more vulnerable
Forcible relocation makes people sicker by causing isolation, infection and loss of medication. Instead, let’s make encampments safer and bolster public health and affordable-housing funding.
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Maine Voices: Portland needs to admit that it has an addiction problem
Before homeless Mainers will accept other services, more treatment centers, recovery facilities and transitional housing will be needed.
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Maine Voices: Grateful reflections on an old coastal house that became a home
Sailors know: You cannot plot a course forward until you plot where you have been.
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Maine Voices: Pivot away from blind pro-Ukraine militarism is just political brinkmanship
It’s discouraging that long-overdue public questioning of continued U.S. funding for Ukraine’s defense is being waged by the most extreme Republican partisans.
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Maine Voices: Pine Tree Power is the best choice for our state’s climate goals
Approving Question 3 on the November ballot would ensure more responsive and rapid investment in connecting renewable energy sources to the state grid.
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Maine Voices: Our political leaders must learn to give a little to get a little
To stand alone in Washington, D.C., must be hard. It’s also never been more necessary.
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Maine Voices: We can’t be hypocritical about the full cost of ditching fossil fuels
As we electrify, Mainers should also demand that we produce as much energy as we consume within our borders.
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Maine Voices: Nobody would benefit from the building of the Gorham Connector
Transit-oriented urban design boosts economies, reduces emissions and provides public space; the only long-term result of the Gorham Connector will be sprawl.