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PublishedNovember 23, 2020
In new book, Pope Francis supports racial justice efforts, blasts virus skeptics
In “Let Us Dream,” Francis also criticizes populist politicians who whip up rallies in ways reminiscent of the 1930s, and the hypocrisy of “rigid” conservative Catholics who support them.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2020
‘It’s gotten nasty’: Clash over racial equity work roils Cumberland
Six months after SAD 51 issued two racial equity letters, the district continues to see backlash from a resident who has alleged an illegal meeting and hiring.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2020
Third Breonna Taylor grand juror says police ‘got slap on the wrist’
Two others said the 12-member panel was not given the option to consider charges against the officers who fatally shot Taylor in March.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2020
Yarmouth police investigate racial slur painted on road
Someone scrawled a racial slur for Black people, lewd images and the word ‘trump’ on the pavement on Talbot Road sometime between Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2020
Officials name new road in Florida after Trayvon Martin
The Black teenager's 2012 death sparked a movement for social justice.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2020
Election emerges as referendum on race relations in America
An unprecedented convergence of three crises has disproportionately affect people of color — the coronavirus pandemic, joblessness and police brutality.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2020
Black Lives Matter Maine stages rally at Portland police station
More than 70 people turn out as part of a national campaign to protest police brutality.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2020
Black man’s family views graphic video of in-custody death
The May 2019 encounter is now the subject of a federal civil rights investigation.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2020
White woman charged in racist NYC run-in made a 2nd 911 call, falsely claiming assault
Amy Cooper, the woman charged with filing a false police report for calling 911 during a dispute with a Black man in New York’s Central Park in May, made a second call in which she falsely claimed the man had tried to assault her.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2020
Self-proclaimed militia also planned to kidnap Virginia Gov. Northam
The conspirators have already been charged in an plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
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