Young people aren’t fooled by attempts to treat stories from U.S. history and American literature like shameful family secrets to be covered up, a Maine teacher says.
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Maine Voices: Pandemic will have lasting effects on our children, teens
All adults have an opportunity to play a role in the well-being of our youth, especially as they return to a semblance of their pre-COVID lives.
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Maine Voices: Mainers are suffering from lack of mental health funding
We need more than proclamations to address the well-documented need for mental health services.
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Maine Voices: Why a death in Congo matters to Mainers
Over 300 members of the persecuted Banyamulenge minority live in Maine, and they need help raising awareness of the genocide of their people.
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Maine Voices: A car crash left me paralyzed. Home care workers let me work, support my family
When caregivers have economic stability, people with disabilities do, too. Maine’s senators should listen to people like me who support the American Jobs Plan.
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Maine Voices: Employees deserve their day in court
I got fired for trying to protect workers from COVID-19, and forced arbitration meant I couldn’t do anything about it. L.D. 1711 would help fix that.
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Maine Voices: Legislators must take action to keep prescription drug prices in line
Lawmakers should not yield to intimidation from those who profit by jacking up prices on medicines Mainers need.
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Maine Voices: The economics of search – the special case of buying a mattress
So many choices. So much information. Such great potential for buyer’s remorse. Who can a consumer trust?
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Maine Voices: Background check bill would save lives, prevent future tragedies in Maine
L.D. 999 would require that a background check is completed before two strangers engage in the sale of a firearm.
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Maine Voices: This past school year was not lost, it was lived. Beautifully.
Let’s not have this time defined by learning loss, but rather by the compassion and resilience that students, families and teachers have mustered.