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PublishedJuly 24, 2023
Another View: Despite vows to reverse them, changing Army base names has noble purpose
Defense leaders rightly support removing names honoring the Confederacy because they want to rid the military of racism and discrimination.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2023
Commentary: Barbie is more than a longtime feminist flashpoint
Together, in the 1960s and ’70s, we weathered the societal upheavals that roiled women’s lives.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2023
Maine Voices: Jimmy Carter has always been true to the standards he set for himself
The man I first met at the Eastland Hotel in 1975, very early in his campaign, has inspired me throughout my life with his grace, integrity and compassion.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2023
‘You knew everyone in town’: Lifelong Gorham resident reflects on his 100 years
John Alden, who will be 101 in September, remembers picking strawberries for 2 cents a box and operating a ski tow on the family's land with his father.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2023
Commentary: What makes me a patriot and not a nationalist
True patriotism acknowledges mistakes in an effort to improve, so that one’s country can be the best it can be.
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PublishedJune 25, 2023
The Maine Millennial: You think queerness is a fad? Think again.
I’m more and more proud of the bravery and grit of my lesbian grandmothers.
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PublishedJune 11, 2023
In ‘Red Hands,’ a close-up tale of life under Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. It’s not pretty
Ceausescu and his wife wrecked the lives of their countrymen - and their own family. For a spell, their daughter-in-law and grandson laid low in Old Orchard Beach.
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PublishedJune 10, 2023
Maine Voices: ‘Woke’ should not be a four-letter word
Being aware of how we have treated and still treat other people in our society is so important to our society's evolving that it should be honored, not vilified.
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PublishedJune 4, 2023
Luis Alberto Urrea discovers the wartime magic of the ‘Donut Dollies’
The prolific author imagines the World War II heroism of his mother in a new novel, 'Good Night, Irene.'
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PublishedMay 29, 2023
Our View: Fulfilling our responsibility to those who died for our rights
Where would we be if a lack of volunteers left empty every local board and commission, from land use to Little League?
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