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The Maine People’s Alliance is a multiracial, grassroots political coalition that fights for progressive legislation. It successfully led the campaign to expand Medicaid by ballot initiative and launched Ben Chin’s political career.
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Maine People’s Alliance Term Timeline in The Sum of Us
The timeline below shows where the term Maine People’s Alliance appears in The Sum of Us. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 10: The Solidarity Dividend
...the Muslim inmates during Ramadan. ZamZam recruited him into a progressive political group called the Maine People’s Alliance , and he started organizing for political change alongside new immigrants. Now, he leads an...
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In 2015, Lewiston’s Republican mayor, Robert Macdonald, ran for reelection against the multiracial minister and Maine People’s Alliance activist Ben Chin. During the campaign, Ben noticed that many white voters believe in absurd,...
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...overrode the governor’s veto and expanded Medicaid through a ballot initiative in 2017. Ben Chin’s Maine People’s Alliance helped the campaign succeed by spreading accurate information about Medicaid and organizing working-class people of...
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Maine has garnered a clear Solidarity Dividend from the Maine People’s Alliance ’s multiracial activism. In 2018, the state elected a progressive legislature that passed public health...
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