States that want to erase the shameful parts of our history will also erase some of our greatest achievements as a nation.
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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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Asian Americans mark Lunar New Year amid ongoing hate crimes
While most Lunar New Year revelry was sidelined last year because of COVID-19, many outdoor events are returning with organizers encouraging masking for the public but mandating them for staff.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Susan Collins lets us down on voting rights
Maine’s thin-skinned senior senator fails to meet a historic moment.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
McConnell responds to uproar over his comment about Black voters
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says accusations that he’s racist are ‘hurtful and offensive.’
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Jury deliberates for 2nd day in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing
The jury is deliberating for a second day in the trial of three white men charged with the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in coastal Georgia.
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Jury signals disagreement in ‘Unite the Right’ civil trial
The jury in Charlottesville, Virginia, is being asked to decide whether white supremacists, neo-Nazis and white nationalist organizations are responsible for violence during 2 days of demonstrations there in 2017.
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The View From Here: Native history is American history
The new film ‘Bounty’ places a genocidal policy against the Penobscot Nation in the context of Revolutionary New England.
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Our View: Maine State Police have a racial profiling problem
A federal judge has thrown out evidence in a drug case because she believed the officer targeted a driver based on his appearance.
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Man who shot Arbery testifies: ‘He had my gun. He struck me’
Three white men have been charged with murder for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man they spotted running through their neighborhood.