Exhibit A: Two Buffalo officers were suspended for shoving a 75-year-old protester to the ground, 57 quit in support – and a Florida police organization wanted to hire them.
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Commentary: Newspaper, city of Portland mischaracterize protest safety concerns
The city used a meeting between officials and community members ‘to provide legitimacy for their actions against the public for expressing their First Amendment rights.’
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Maine Voices: Trump rights a wrong by reopening marine monument to fishing
Though Maine vessels don’t routinely fish Seamounts, the process that created the monument raised important issues.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: As nation, Maine reopen, risks from COVID-19 remain high
Every person has a responsibility to help limit the spread of the coronavirus, by using tools that we know are effective.
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Our View: Voices of Mainers raising black children must be heard
We should recognize that the mothers and fathers of children of color shoulder a burden that few others understand.
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Maine Voices: Individual rights do not trump state public health protections
The president’s Maine visit shows how his ‘open up’ rhetoric encourages people to flout pandemic control regulations.
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Auburn mayor: Gideon, Mills administration dragging their feet on delivering COVID aid
Contrary to the Maine House speaker’s recent column, Sen. Collins is working to provide more funding and more flexibility.
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Our View: Mills shouldn’t keep lawmakers from doing their job
The governor’s response to questions about unemployment benefits echoed her predecessor, and that’s not good.
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Maine Voices: We need leadership on climate change
Changing behavior on the local level won’t be enough to do what needs to be done.
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Maine Voices: In Maine’s bicentennial year, let’s cut through fog of racism
Criminal justice reform initiatives and our most important institutions can and must include Native people and people of color.