A journalist who met Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights leader’s last campaigns encountered him at a complicated time.
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Commentary: A chance to pay homage to one of Maine’s unsung heroes
Visiting the Appleton grave of Joshua Ut Humble, 21, sparks more than grief – it’s a reminder of what’s lost in senseless, never-ending war.
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Jim Fossel: Gov. Mills’ budget is a blueprint, not a mandate
Maine legislators should think twice before spending the surplus on one-time programs and election-year stunts.
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The Maine Millennial: Don’t blame nurses’ wages for our health care system’s ills
A call by Reps. Pingree, Golden and 200 of their colleagues to investigate nurse staffing agencies could have unintended consequences.
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Maine Voices: Inequities in mental health treatment are health care’s greatest injustice
Laws like the one that keeps Medicaid from covering inpatient behavioral care are not only discriminatory but also can have dire consequences for Maine families.
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Maine Voices: Let’s invest in bipartisan bill to tackle plastic waste
Both environmentalists and Big Business support L.D. 1467, which would reduce the amount of virgin plastic in our state’s beverage bottles.
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Maine Voices: Join the 2022 Trek Across Maine – and support healthy lungs
Come take a ride, starting in Brunswick and spanning the entire state, and help us achieve this year’s goal of raising $1 million.
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Maine Voices: Pay Maine community college instructors fairly before granting free tuition
The economic feasibility of a social good cannot rely on the continued perpetuation of a socioeconomic injustice.
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Maine Voices: Save people like my friend Madison – pass L.D. 1862
Expand Maine’s Good Samaritan law, so others will not hesitate to call 911 when their friends are in crisis.
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Black History Month: Both Portland and Maine complicit in economics of slavery
Via trade with the West Indies, the labor of enslaved Africans built our state and its largest city.