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Maine Voices: An epidemic of suffering will outlast COVID We could end hunger and poverty in this country. But up to now, we have chosen not to. By Norman AbelsonSpecial to the Press Herald Share There are two Americas, just as there are two Maines. We live in a state and nation where wealth and position are venerated, while poor and homeless populations continue to suffer. And it’s not hidden. It can be seen as the huge, ugly McMansions multiply and block out the sea here in Moody, as giant pleasure cruisers have idled in Portland Harbor, where posh, private yachts multiply. And it can be read in the pleas from the food distribution centers as hunger increases and supplies dwindle. (Nationally, 50 percent more food is being handed out than in the previous year.) People wandered homeless as long discussions wound on during winter months about where to site a shelter. (Sixty-four homeless people died in Portland last year, two of them freezing to death on the street.)

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