WOW: Women's Older Wisdom

Do We Need a People’s Party?

I had hoped that Troy Jackson, with a long history in labor—logger, union leader—and in local government, and who began his campaign speaking for Mainers would bring progressive changes.  Yet his campaign to unseat the aging and [...]

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Combatting COVID-191

Listening to Nurses

With COVID-19 propelling nurses into the headlines, I wanted to understand what it means to be a nurse.  I contacted the National Nurses Union, who put me in touch with two Maine nurses, Cokie Giles, 64, and her daughter Jessie Lambert, 38. Last week we talked via Zoom.  As members of the union, Cokie and Jessie are protected from being [...]

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