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PublishedJuly 2, 2020
Our View: Portland weighs complex issue of school safety
The Board of Education's 7-2 votes to end its contract for school-based police in response to community concerns.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2020
Maine Voices: Vocal bystanders can help those targeted by hateful words, actions
A swastika painted in front of a Bangor synagogue is just the latest attempt to try to frighten and degrade a minority community.
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PublishedJune 30, 2020
Lewiston to consider body cameras for police following talks between mayor and police union
Mayor Mark Cayer met with the police patrol union Monday regarding the City Council's resolution condemning racial profiling.
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PublishedJune 29, 2020
Portland mayor supports painting Black Lives Matter mural on Congress Street
Mayor Kate Snyder presents the citizen-driven proposal at a City Council workshop and says specifics will be outlined at the council's meeting July 13.
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PublishedJune 29, 2020
Maine municipalities review police funding, tackle systemic racism after protests
Calls to defund police draw various responses from city and town officials across the state.
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PublishedJune 28, 2020
Black candidates push race debate into GOP-held districts
The re-energized movement against racial inequality has amplified the voices of Black candidates, in some cases pushing the political debate over race into Republican-leaning areas.
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PublishedJune 28, 2020
Maine Voices: Black Lives Matter is the latest flower of the Black Radical Tradition
Despite what a recent columnist suggests, BLM does not vindicate liberalism – it exposes and upends liberalism.
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PublishedJune 28, 2020
Insight: The nation’s first Black lawyer got his start in Maine
Fighting racial discrimination all the way, Macon Bolling Allen blazed a trail in the legal profession that started with his admission to the bar in Portland.
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PublishedJune 28, 2020
Our View: In Maine, nationwide, COVID exposes built-in racism
It's no coincidence that people of color are far more likely to be infected by the novel coronavirus.
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PublishedJune 28, 2020
Critics: Bates College is ‘a white place’
Accused of racism by, among others, two former employees, the Lewiston college vows to renew its historic pursuit of racial and social justice.
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