This week on the podcast, Ben, Cate and Esther breakdown the final state budget, including wins like the new mansion tax, boosted child tax credit, and more support for General Assistance. Cate also dives into what didn’t make the cut, such as necessary funding for Maine’s family planning network. Esther shares an overview of recent…
Thousands of Mainers in more than three dozen cities and towns took to the streets Saturday, June 14, as part of a national day of protest against federal immigration raids, cuts to funding for critical programs and growing executive overreach. Rep. Chellie Pingree joined protesters at multiple events in southern Maine and spoke at the…
It is estimated that nearly 17,000 Mainers from across the state gathered to protest the harmful policies enacted by the Trump administration. From Portland to Lubec, 28 Maine cities/towns held demonstrations, which were part of the national “Hands Off!” day of action on Saturday, April 5. Protesters voiced their opposition to sweeping federal budget and…
Federal workers in Maine will join in nationwide protests Saturday against what they call President Donald Trump’s union-busting policies. Trump has signed an executive order to restrict collective bargaining for two-thirds of the federal workforce, claiming they are a national security risk. Andy O’Brien, communications director for the Maine AFL-CIO, called it the most egregious attack on workers’…
This week on the podcast, Ben, Cate and Channa discuss how Mainers and people across the U.S. have been responding to the first few weeks of the Trump administration. On Wednesday, a “50 protests in 50 states” rally was held in Augusta as part of a larger movement of organizers in each of the 50…
This week on the podcast, we are sharing an encore episode of Ben Chin’s interview with author and journalist Vincent Bevins. The duo discusses the common belief that large protests and social movements can lead to significant change and how these beliefs were challenged in the 2010s, with many protests leading to unintended consequences or…