Local housing authorities, normally associated with putting a roof over low-income Mainers’ heads, help ‘break the cycle of poverty’ by way of a college education.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
AFL-CIO: This Labor Day, let’s work to elect a pro-labor senator
Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins has supported policies that hurt Maine workers and their families.
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Posted inBill Nemitz, Op-Eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: Mainers can face COVID-19 head-on, or they can hide behind God
The Sanford preacher at the center of Maine’s worst pandemic outbreak promises the ‘pestilence’ will be smote from on high.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine needs to repair its child welfare system again
Overuse of foster care has traumatic effects on children and families.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Grandmother would know how to face this pandemic
A member of a practical generation that didn’t complain, this writer’s grandmother would have met the crisis head-on.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
George Smith: Real Mainers never throw anything away
Clothes, books, fly rods – we can’t seem to part with any of them.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Inmates need to prepare for life after prison
Maine should have more pre-release centers where prisoners can develop skills that they will need once they leave custody.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maeghan Maloney: Teens and young adults need to know the dangers of vaping
A lot of young people aren’t aware that vape and e-cigarette products pose a serious threat to their health.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Teachers aren’t to blame for COVID reopening confusion
Once again, a failure to deal with a social problem is dumped on the schools to fix.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Faye Flam: New CDC coronavirus testing guidelines have it backward
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)