Martha Bracy remembers the historic storm hitting during a 10-day Outward Bound trek across western Maine.
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Maine Voices: Is America moving toward a new isolationism?
President Biden has pledged that Ukraine will ‘never stand alone’ as it continue its fight. That’s not only up to him.
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Maine Voices: A big bipartisan opportunity to strengthen Maine’s democracy
The absence of ranked-choice voting in state elections and the system of unelected constitutional officers deprive Mainers of their right to full and fair government.
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Maine Voices: CMP is an albatross around the neck of Maine businesses
It doesn’t have to be this bad. The opportunity to replace Central Maine Power with a nonprofit consumer-owned utility must be seized.
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Maine Voices: Looking back on 150 years of Emancipation Day celebrations in Portland
Old newspaper reports show us that celebrations of Black freedom and Black activism have a long history in Maine.
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Maine Voices: What’s your 2022 word of the year?
If you’re not happy with where you’re landing, then maybe it’s not too soon to start thinking about the word of 2023.
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Maine Voices: Santa Claus, our unlikely savior
Imagine the leg up that a peek behind the curtain gives to a developing brain trying to understand the world.
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Maine Voices: Make America bored again, please
The madness of year-round politicking deprives us of the important ability to focus on the everyday stuff.
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Maine Voices: Trail networks, while popular, aren’t for everybody
Maine is an aging state. My partner and I don’t believe we’re the only people who feel rail would be better than trail.
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Maine Voices: Whether or not it’s protected by the First Amendment, racist is as racist does
Whatever its root, the proliferation of racist rhetoric helps to normalize it, intensifying racist violence and the oppression of minorities.