Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows received a “People. Power. Progress.” award from Maine’s largest community action organization on Thursday, honoring her long history of working to protect democracy and advance progressive change. “At this moment in American history, especially, we need leaders like Shenna,” said Amy Halsted, co-director of the Maine People’s Alliance (of…
Eighteen Maine Senators and 57 Representatives received 100% scores in Maine People’s Alliance’s annual legislative scorecard. (Beacon is a project of MPA.) The scorecard released this week highlights legislators’ votes on housing, workers’ rights, paid family and medical leave, child care, transgender rights, immigration, climate change, and tax fairness. It also includes a review of…
Note: This article has been updated to reflect the fact that in a ranked-choice primary such as this one, MPA and other organizations may make more than one endorsement. The MPA board plans to invite all candidates to interview as they enter the race, and hopes to consider multiple requests for endorsement by candidates aligned…
Our national situation is changing by the hour. I won’t pretend to be able to list all the many things happening. But here is my quick summary: Elon Musk and Susan Collins. Why are these the key words to understanding what’s going on? Let’s look first at Elon Musk. Musk is important because, when you…
This week on the podcast, Cate Blackford connects with Organizing Director of Maine People’s Alliance Genevieve Lysen to discuss MPA’s annual member retreat that took place at the beginning of December. Pulling over 100 members from across the state of Maine, the purpose of the retreat is to focus on cultivating community, relationship-building skills and…