I believe in the importance and the benefit that paid sick days provide, especially for the poor and the working class. I remember when I started my first job. I was not driving and had to walk 15 minutes to get to my job. One day, I was injured at work after falling from the […]

I write in response to the letter to the editor from Louis Talarico (March 2). He was highly critical of the Lewiston School Committee and Chairman Mark Cayer for their alleged lack of support of the Lewiston High School state championship mock trial team’s request for funding to attend the national mock trial tournament in […]

I write to bring attention to the media and its contribution to the renewed anger and division in this country. The media categorizes people, putting them in their place. Why is it necessary to point out ethnics or gender while writing a story about someone? For example, President Barack Obama was always referred to as […]

The New Gloucester Board of Selectmen will soon decide whether or not to abolish the town committee responsible for putting on candidate forums, allowing voters to ask questions directly of candidates and hear their answers in a live event. At their last meeting, a discussion of whether or not to put money in the town […]

The sanctity of life itself is under attack in America. Lives are being bartered about like so much corn, beans or rice. People’s lives are being treated as a commodity, to be traded on the open market. The insidious nature of health care delivery being associated with a for-profit business means we, ourselves, are just […]

As elected officials representing Lewiston, we are deeply troubled by the recent display of racist and sexist commentary in our community. (See Sun Journal story, “Lewiston officials condemn ‘racist and sexist commentary’” March 14.) All members of our community deserve to be represented by their elected officials. Respect for everyone in our community is of […]

Dubuc offers his opinion about the harm direct voting would bring to this country.

Shane Bouchard and the Ku Klux Klan text message gives more evidence to the well known quote about those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Previous generations of Maine’s Franco-Americans often talked about the times when the Ku Klux Klan was active in their neighborhoods. In fact, the Klan was visibly spreading hate […]

Khalid urges Lewiston residents to elect a mayor who will not engage in racist rhetoric.