Black Lives Matter marks 10 years of activism, renews call to defund police

The movement first emerged in 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

Kanye West’s t-shirt is a fashion don’t. Someone else owns ‘White Lives Matter’ trademark.

A trademark request was filed under the name Jae Gibson on Oct. 3, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s database, and Phoenix radio hosts Ramses Ja and Quinton Ward acquired the mark on Oct. 28, according to Capital B.

UMF students establish Black Student Union

Its mission is to offer a place to connect, be allies and learn about history and issues that impact Black people.

Exhibit showcases Mainers ‘taking a knee’ in support of Black Lives Matter

Pulitzer Prizes awarded for coverage of pandemic, racial injustice protests

The Associated Press and The New York Times each won two Pulitzers, the most prestigious prize in journalism, first awarded in 1917.

Rallies, moments of silence mark year since George Floyd’s death

Floyd's death was captured by a bystander on a wrenching video that galvanized the racial justice movement and continues to ripple a year later.

Lawmakers may limit use of facial recognition software by police in Maine

A bill sponsored by Rep. Grayson Lookner, D-Portland, would limit police use of facial recognition technology to investigations of only the most serious crimes.

Our View: A police killing that changed history

A new generation of activists emerged after George Floyd’s murder.

Immigrants in Maine could regain access to health care benefits

Legislation sponsored by Assistant House Majority Leader Rachel Talbot Ross of Portland would roll back a 2011 change that prohibited non-citizens from receiving state Medicaid benefits.

Defense expert blames George Floyd’s death on heart trouble

The testimony contradicts prosecution experts who said the Black man succumbed to a lack of oxygen from the way he was pinned down by then-police Officer Derek Chauvin.