Maine Voices: After so much national news, Mainers need to think local

Poverty

Published
November 20, 2020

Maine Voices: After so much national news, Mainers need to think local

Right in our own backyards, nonprofits are relying on the generosity of their neighbors to meet needs that are expanding in this time of crisis.
Published
November 4, 2020

Maine Voices: Asset building key to breaking cycle of poverty

Often-overlooked housing programs and models can help working poor Maine families build the equity they need to weather financial storms.
Published
November 2, 2020

Evening Sandwich Program in Waterville restarts on Tuesdays and Fridays

The Universalist Unitarian Church on Silver Street is resuming its Evening Sandwich Program this week on a limited basis after closing temporarily in March and June due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Published
October 18, 2020

The Maine Millennial: We can end domestic violence

There are short-term and long-term strategies that could deliver us from an age-old problem.
Published
October 4, 2020

Education under siege: Maine’s poorest schools facing ‘uncharted waters’ in the age of COVID

A Sun Journal data analysis shows which schools performed well and which performed poorly before the pandemic, statistics that could soon get worse for Maine's more disadvantaged students.
Published
August 26, 2020

New jobless aid to have limited benefits as more Mainers slip into poverty

Struggling Mainers have turned to state assistance to make ends meet since enhanced unemployment benefits expired at the end of July.
Published
August 20, 2020

Commentary: Head Start urges Maine’s senators to OK $1.7 billion in emergency relief

The preschool program has served families throughout the pandemic. Now it needs help keeping our most at-risk children safe.
Published
August 8, 2020

Tom Allen: Congress must act to keep students connected

Schools can’t reopen successfully without bipartisan support for smart policies to bridge the digital divide and serve rural and underserved areas.
Published
July 31, 2020

Maine Voices: To make America truly great again, move toward greater equity

Countries with adequate and accessible social supports are countries where more people can use their potential.
Published
June 20, 2020

Maine Voices: It shouldn’t take a pandemic to raise awareness of the ‘homework gap’

A national solution is needed to ensure that cost or lack of infrastructure won’t keep kids from accessing broadband.