The March 1972 issue states overriding goals such as, "community control and community education... and the right to have a say in and determine policy for welfare programs." The editorial offices were located in The People's Building,155 Brackett Street in Portland's West End. An article reviewing the story of the building's many community functions can be read in: The Comet, in 1983.
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The Low Income People's Voice - August 1971
Low Income People's Voice
The Low Income People's Voice was a free-of-charge community newspaper founded in 1970 parallel to an era of major urban renewal in Portland, Maine- and reflecting an activism in response to large-scale demolition and marginalizing populations in the city.
The August 1971 issue features articles about The Rosa True School and Saint Dominic's School- both in the West End, and both later repurposed into apartment buildings, The Spring Street Tenants' Union, the creation of the Clark Street and Gray Street playground, the Oxford Street Youth Drop-in Center, and the opening of the Maine Mall.
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The Low Income People's Voice - November 1971
Low Income People's Voice
The Low Income People's Voice was a free-of-charge community newspaper founded in 1970 parallel to an era of major urban renewal in Portland, Maine- and reflecting an activism in response to large-scale demolition and marginalizing populations in the city.
The November 1971 issue includes a feature article about a major apartment building fire on Pearl Street, Welfare programs, additional articles about public housing, the sale of the Jackson Elementary School building (34 Forest Avenue) for Eastland Hotel expansion, People's Regional Opportunity Program (PROP).
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The Low Income People's Voice - January 1972
Low Income People's Voice
The Low Income People's Voice was a free-of-charge community newspaper founded in 1970 parallel to an era of major urban renewal in Portland, Maine- and reflecting an activism in response to large-scale demolition and marginalizing populations in the city.
The January 1972 issue includes articles about Youth In Action protesting at the Model Cities offices, housing on Front Street (in East Deering), protests against demolition of housing to build the Holiday Inn by the Bay (88 Spring Street), welfare programs.
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The Low Income People's Voice - March 1972
Low Income People's Voice
The Low Income People's Voice was a free-of-charge community newspaper founded in 1970 parallel to an era of major urban renewal in Portland, Maine- and reflecting an activism in response to large-scale demolition and marginalizing populations in the city.
The March 1972 issue highlights the reorganization of Low Income People's Voice as financially independent from the Model Cities program federal funding. Additional topics include public schools, opposition to the Portland West Elementary School Referendum, Our Place (community-owned recreation facility) at 54 York Street, the Bayside neighborhood, Portland's Irish community, Portland Housing Authority.
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The Low Income People's Voice - March 1972 - Special Election Edition
Low Income People's Voice
The Low Income People's Voice was a free-of-charge community newspaper founded in 1970 parallel to an era of major urban renewal in Portland, Maine- and reflecting an activism in response to large-scale demolition and marginalizing populations in the city.
The March 1972 Special Election Edition features a sample ballot for the March 13th referendum about the construction of a magnet elementary school on Brackett Street. The Voice was opposed to the project which later became the Reiche Elementary School, and included the demolition of several square blocks of housing in the West End.
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The Low Income People's Voice - April 1972
Low Income People's Voice
The Low Income People's Voice was a free-of-charge community newspaper founded in 1970 parallel to an era of major urban renewal in Portland, Maine- and reflecting an activism in response to large-scale demolition and marginalizing populations in the city.
The April 1972 issue features articles about arson on Pleasant Street, opposition to the construction of the Holiday Inn by the Bay (88 Spring Street), housing, Youth in Action, Model Cities urban renewal program, the Bayside neighborhood.
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The Low Income People's Voice - May 1972
Low Income People's Voice
The Low Income People's Voice was a free-of-charge community newspaper founded in 1970 parallel to an era of major urban renewal in Portland, Maine- and reflecting an activism in response to large-scale demolition and marginalizing populations in the city.
The May 1972 issue features articles about poverty and food stamps programs, final protests against Holiday Inn by the Bay construction (88 Spring Street), activism for proposed playground construction, unemployment.