If a lack of unity, tolerance and love persists in the United States, then we are no longer united; therefore, the basis for our country no longer exists.
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Maine Voices: Maine has a lung issue. A Trek Across Maine will help.
The Trek’s overall goal is to raise $1 million, and more participants are needed to achieve it.
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Commentary: How to support caregiving children of wounded veterans
Feeling recognized would assure us that we do not face these challenges alone, an Afghanistan War veteran’s son says.
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Maine Voices: Across Maine, we can do better to connect with our youth
Individuals, groups and systems must invest time, energy and caring into ensuring that every young Maine person understands how much they matter.
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Commentary: Parents want this book out of North Carolina high school classrooms. So I read it
The outrage over ‘The Girl Who Fell from the Sky’ is another example of adults not wanting kids to see the world the way it actually is.
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Our View: On Valentine’s Day, project teaches what relationships should look like
Finding Our Voices, a Maine-based nonprofit, is helping students recognize unhealthy behavior, and realize someone is there to help them get away from it.
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Book review: Writer Ellen Booraem’s breakout book?
‘River Magic’ is magic, and Booraem deserves more recognition.
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Our View: Safe storage should be required of every gun owner
Mandating that firearms be stored unloaded and locked will help save kids’ lives.
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Maine Voices: Locked up for the holidays – why youth in Long Creek must be released now
Youth prisons neither keep communities any safer nor help young people, so we must get these kids home with the care and support they need.
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Commentary: One way to tackle America’s youth mental health challenge – change billing
Targeting the structural roots of our workforce deficit will help ensure that our young people are cared for and short-circuit crises.