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Maine Voices: Vocal bystanders can help those targeted by hateful words, actions

by Steve Wessler Special to the Press Herald July 1, 2020July 1, 2020

A swastika painted in front of a Bangor synagogue is just the latest attempt to try to frighten and degrade a minority community.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: Help close the Maine broadband gap – vote for expansion bond

by John Dougherty Special to the Press Herald June 30, 2020June 29, 2020

The pandemic has made clear that reliable and affordable internet is a necessity for our livelihood, our education, our health care and our economy.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Scholars Strategy Network: Masks essential to health of workers

by Lisa Miller June 30, 2020June 29, 2020

We don’t question the need for face coverings in hospitals, and we shouldn’t question there use in stores, factories and restaurants, either.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Another View: Growing up with dignity

by Patricia M. LeVeen June 29, 2020June 28, 2020

The time has come for change, and that time is now.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Jim Fossel: Incumbents favored in COVID campaigns

by Jim Fossel June 28, 2020June 27, 2020

Challengers will have a hard time changing the trajectory of the 2020 race.

Bill Nemitz, Maine, News, Op-Eds, Opinion

Bill Nemitz: Hats off to a good man who specialized in bad news

by Bill Nemitz June 28, 2020June 27, 2020

Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland’s retirement after 32 years marks the end of a job extraordinarily well done.

Maine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion

Maine Voices: Black Lives Matter is the latest flower of the Black Radical Tradition

by Michael Kebede Special to the Telegram June 28, 2020June 29, 2020

Despite what a recent columnist suggests, BLM does not vindicate liberalism – it exposes and upends liberalism.

Greg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion

The View from Here: Revolution on Bastille Day?

by Greg Kesich June 28, 2020September 14, 2020

The pandemic has overshadowed Maine’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary, but it could also affect the outcome.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Insight: The nation’s first Black lawyer got his start in Maine

by D. Brock Hornby June 28, 2020July 1, 2020

Fighting racial discrimination all the way, Macon Bolling Allen blazed a trail in the legal profession that started with his admission to the bar in Portland.

Op-Eds, Opinion

The Maine Millennial: Symbols of hate don’t belong in Maine

by Victoria Hugo-Vidal June 28, 2020September 13, 2020

A noose hanging from a telephone pole sends a dark and unmistakable message to people of color.