Suspended for her misinformed comments, ‘The View’ co-host gives us all one model for how to go about changing our perceptions.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Collard greens: From down South to Down East
Some days, it is easy being green.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: July Fourth weekend standoff should raise awareness of ‘sovereign citizen’ threat
Rise of the Moors, arrested en route to Maine, is just one of many unauthorized paramilitary entities in the U.S.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Historical reckoning begins at home
We can’t change what happened in the past, but that doesn’t mean we should ignore it, my own family history shows.
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Maine Voices: The Tulsa Race Massacre is America’s own Tiananmen Square
We too have buried both bodies and the truth. Only when we admit our past can we stand with the victims of other nations.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Juneteenth is a symbol that matters
Putting the end of slavery on par with the signing of the Declaration of Independence is a significant event.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine senators should back D.C. statehood
The disenfranchisement of Washington’s largely Black population is a stain on our democracy.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Bills would mandate Holocaust and Black history education in Maine
The legislation before the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee would require all Maine public schools to include curriculum on genocide and Black history in their courses of study.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: I’ve spent my working life fighting other people’s racism. Now I must confront mine.
An educator and former prosecutor is now doing the necessary work of challenging his own false stereotypes about Black people.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education, Uncategorized
Proposed law would require Maine schools to teach African American history
The measure, which would also require schools to teach about the history of genocide, comes as states across the U.S. are examining how they’re teaching about racial and social injustice.