We can invest each step of the way, from preschool to proficiency-based learning to more technical training.
Maine Voices
Maine Voices: Bayside shows its caring side when a resident’s puppy is lost
In a Portland neighborhood viewed as rough and scary, I found humanity, kindness, respect and an attitude of healing.
Maine Voices: When assimilating into new culture, keep an open and inquisitive mind
Refusing to understand or adapt could result in paralysis that erodes the promise of your new life.
Maine Voices: There are some things that should never be rebranded – like Air Force One
Changing the look of such a powerful symbol to the world would be like painting the White House purple.
Maine Voices: State’s inaction on treating mental illness leaves many at risk
One mother’s traumatic and heartbreaking ordeal with a troubled adult son is hardly unique.
Maine Voices: U.S. complicit in deaths of innocents during unauthorized war in Yemen
It’s part of a Saudi-led coalition that has killed thousands of children and civilians and cut off the food supply to millions.
Maine Voices: History of voting rights guides debate on Portland’s noncitizens
We need to move beyond diversity to inclusivity that gives our immigrant neighbors a voice in what affects them.
Maine Voices: Taking action to curb climate change could throw lifeline to Maine lobsters
In warming oceans, egg-bearing lobsters could be at higher risk of a disease that affects reproduction.
Maine Voices: Dealing with immigration, America must overcome its loss of nerve
The U.S. has never been a perfect nation, but we can aspire to a vision more sublime than money, power and arrogance.
Maine Voices: Sen. Collins must stop equivocating as Trump tramples American ideals
She pretends to distance herself from his abhorrent policies, but refuses to see them for what they are.