Siobhan Brett

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Published
August 30, 2022

Maine Voices: Let’s tell elected officials we value, expect universal medical care

Billions of dollars in medical bills have been paid via crowdsourcing platforms like GoFundMe. It doesn’t have to be like this.
Published
August 29, 2022

Maine Voices: Ukrainian refugee experience echoes my forebears’ journey

My family were given no choice but to leave Poland during World War I. Like legions of Polish refugees at the time, they eventually built good lives for themselves in Portland.
Published
August 28, 2022

Jim Fossel: Beware the bond-funded Maine job initiative

Both voters and politicians act as if bonds are piles of free money flowing from rainbows. Would that it were the case.
Published
August 28, 2022

Maine Observer: Why I keep coming back to a town in Oxford County

Year in, year out, I take a sentimental journey to and throughout Rumford, where I once was surrounded by family.
Published
August 28, 2022

Our View: No longer just a crisis but an indefensible failure

The more we neglect legal representation for people who can’t pay for it, the more painful the cost – social and financial – to the state of Maine.
Published
August 28, 2022

The Maine Millennial: My rescue dog, myself

My experience with Janey serves as proof that even the weird, scared and temperamental strays are worth a chance.
Published
August 27, 2022

Maine Voices: There’s no good reason to resent education loan forgiveness

I say this as somebody with almost a quarter of a million dollars in student debt – which I plan to pay back.
Published
August 26, 2022

Maine Voices: Youth vote will be critical to our climate response

As a scientist, I’d rather be working on graphs and describing solutions to the climate crisis. But upcoming elections matter.
Published
August 25, 2022

Commentary: Biden’s student debt cancellation is a welcome starting point

We can and should do more to relieve those struggling under this burden – and to assist the scholars of the future.
Published
August 25, 2022

Our View: The acceptable level of ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water is zero

The sooner Maine’s standards reflect this, the better, recent findings at more than half a dozen schools show.