Relentless messaging by the gun lobby changed public opinion and the Supreme Court followed.
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Maine Voices: Mills has shown leadership on LGBTQ issues
The governor’s track record contrasts starkly with that of her challenger, former Gov. Paul LePage.
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Maine Voices: Piping plovers need federal backing to complete comeback
From a low of just eight pairs in the 1980s to 125 pairs on Maine beaches last year, these birds can escape extinction with a fully funded Endangered Species Act.
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Maine Voices: Gardens can’t grow without bees and other bugs
Pesticides and herbicides have cut populations of as much as 80 percent of insect species around the world,
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Maine Voices: From under a desk, a silent student bears witness with a poem
The children are watching, a teacher pleads, and they can see we are not keeping them safe.
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Maine Voices: Tribal sovereignty is at the core of many issues
Activists concerned about climate change and abortion rights should join in the fight for state recognition of Wabanaki rights.
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Maine Voices: Lawmakers should ban assault-style weapons
The common factor in all mass shootings is not mental illness but access to guns, a child psychiatrist writes.
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Maine Voices: Support for Ukrainian refugees should set the standard for all
The federal government should extend its welcome to others fleeing war and oppression, including the 1,800 African asylum seekers who came to Maine over the last year.
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Maine Voices: Inaction on gun safety takes teachers’ breath away
How can we tell our students that they are safe when our government does nothing in the face of mass murder?
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Maine Voices: Beware excess moderation on guns
Even Aristotle, who taught ‘everything in moderation,’ understood that outrage can be more virtuous than a lack of human feeling.