Black Mainers seek assurance they can style their often tightly curled hair as needed without risking a penalty in school or on the job.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Whoopi Goldberg got it all wrong on the Holocaust. But if she can learn, we all can
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 inNation & World
Attorney for 3 officers charged in George Floyd killing says Chauvin called ‘all of the shots’
Prosecutors accused the men of standing by as fellow Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin ‘slowly killed George Floyd right in front of them.’
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Supreme Court to hear challenge to affirmative action in college admissions
The conservative-dominated Supreme Court added another blockbuster case to a term with abortion, guns, religion and COVID-19 on the agenda.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Lewiston’s best restaurant refused to serve Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘spiritual mentor’
Fearing a racist response from other diners in 1945, the DeWitt Hotel refused to allow Benjamin Mays, a prominent Bates College graduate who had come to speak in the city, to eat in its public dining room.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, New England, News, Politics
Pilot launched to assess racial impact of state legislative bills
The purpose of the statements is to address what many see as systemic racism in state government by considering whether a proposed new law would help, hurt or have no impact on historically disadvantaged racial populations.
Posted inNew England
Tribes mourn on Thanksgiving: ‘No reason to celebrate’
Thursday’s solemn National Day of Mourning observance in downtown Plymouth, Massachusetts, recalled the disease and oppression that European settlers brought to North America.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Racial achievement gaps a reality in Maine
A Portland official has raised an issue that should be discussed in every school district.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn’s Leroy Walker apologizes for racist comments
City leaders say they’ll form new diversity committee to tackle racial issues in Auburn.
Posted inLocal & State
After councilor’s racist remarks, Auburn officials denounce critics of naming bridge for Black former mayor
City leaders have been largely silent about call by nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group for Leroy Walker to resign following racially-charged comments about Jenkins’ skin color.