The recent pledge of social responsibility is no silver bullet, but it’s a welcome step in the right direction.
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Maine Voices: Bearing witness to a child detention facility
Standing on ladders in a hot Florida swamp, activists deliver a message of love to detained minors.
Maine Voices: We have created a culture of fear that needs to change
Lockdown drills won’t save children from bullets any more than the ‘duck and cover’ drills of the 1950s would have saved them from nuclear war.
Maine Voices: Long-buried U.S. nuclear waste would complicate any bid for Greenland
Would the U.S. or Denmark be responsible for cleaning up over 47,000 gallons of Cold War-era radioactive waste?
Maine Voices: Maine has common-sense remedy for gerrymandering
Other states should pay attention to how we draw political lines.
Maine Voices: Secession isn’t the solution to Great Diamond Island’s issues with Portland
It’s hard to see how separating from the city would improve service delivery or give more people a say in island policies.
Maine Voices: Citizens United still casts a shadow
We need to amend the Constitution to limit corporate money in politics.
Maine Voices: Resistance growing to corrupt, deceptive corporate practices
A new generation of Americans is looking to break the stranglehold that businesses have on every aspect of our lives.
Maine Voices: We have to work together to protect our common resources
Under carbon fee and dividend, emissions would be subject to an increasing price, with all revenues put back into the economy as a dividend to all families.
Maine Voices: Portland’s noises are the sounds of a thriving city
Planes, trains, trucks and rock concerts were initially jarring to a couple used to a Kansas farm, but now they take the clamor in their stride.