Having travelled to Trinidad and Tobago growing up, Nigel Chase developed a love for Calypso and steel drum music. Peter Domingos highlights Chase's entry into steel drum music, and performing in his small coastal community of Brooksville.

Across the country, trans rights are under attack. In a small town in Maine, a Middle School Gender and Sexuality Alliance Club faces fear and suspicion from the community. Can these young people turn this moment of tension into a learning opportunity?

In the 1800's, it was tradition for individuals sailing around Cape Horn to receive a small gold earring. Robin McGahey documents how one of these gold earrings belonged to the grandfather of Edith and Ethel Furbish.

Pamela Wood offers an introduction to readers for this double issue, that touches on the continuity of work, continuing harvest of land, and making of things.

Bridget Huber documents the lives of the Taylor family, a Pentecostal family who follow their religion on a daily basis. Huber speaks to the family regarding their religion, beliefs, and protesting.

An advocate for victims of sexual abuse of the Catholic clergy, Paul Kendrick has confronted and pressured the Church since 1999 to do something for victims of abuse. Amanda Waldroupe speaks to Kendrick and others about their efforts, and the pushback that they have recieved from the Diocese of Portland.

Kristin Atwell documents the lives of migrant workers from Mexico to the Philippines who come to Maine to harvest acres of broccoli. She explores how these newcomers to the Aroostook community brought forth interest, as well as some difficulties.

Rosemary Elliott speaks to John Gaskill of Portland about his personal history. Gaskill shares his story of a black boy with a mind of his own growing up in Portland.

Shana Berger explores the intricacies of the fishing industry in Maine, speaking to fishermen about their experiences and work.

In Lewiston, Bates Fabrics and the L.L. Bean Telemarketing Center are only a few hundred yards from each other. Dan Stewart explores how these industries marks Lewiston as changing from an industrialized textile town to a service-based city.

Growing up watching their mother perform work as a doctor, Dr. Marion Moulton's sons viewed doctoring as woman's work. Carol Kuhn highlights the work Dr. Moulton has done as a doctor in rural Maine.