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PublishedAugust 24, 2020
National Guard called out after police shoot Black man in Wisconsin
Kenosha becomes the nation’s latest flashpoint city in a summer of racial unrest.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2020
Democrats see racism in Republicans’ mispronunciations of ‘Kamala’
Republicans keep getting Kamala Harris' name wrong, and Democrats say it's not a slip-up.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2020
Ketamine that’s injected during arrests draws new scrutiny
A lack of police training, conflicting medical standards and nonexistent protocols have resulted in hospitalizations and even deaths.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2020
Commentary: No time for platitudes about racism in our ‘justice system’
In Portland and across Maine, the blame lies not just with law enforcement, but also with higher-ups and all of us who have turned a blind eye.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2020
Maine Voices: What my students have taught me during the pandemic
Amid surging anti-Asian harassment, I’m heartened by these young people’s maturity, compassion and willingness to forgo their normal activities.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2020
Suffrage anniversary events highlight racial divide
The amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified on Aug. 18, 1920, but many women of color were prevented from casting ballots for decades afterward.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2020
Insight: Getting our house in order
Black lives won't matter until we answer for the sins of slavery.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2020
Maine Voices: Kamala Harris graduated from university founded by Maine man
Union Gen. Oliver Otis Howard saw education for former slaves as the best way to ensure they could be informed voters.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2020
Maine Supreme Court questions Melville Fuller statue outside Kennebec courthouse
The monument honors the Augusta-born former chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, who was part of the majority in the Plessy v. Ferguson decision that maintained racial segregation with the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2020
Swastika painted on Black Lives Matter sign in Waldo County
The sign's owner says someone stole an earlier sign she had put in her yard in the town of Waldo.
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