Racial disparities in income and wealth are as restrictive today as segregation was in the past.
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Commentary: The riot at the Capitol shouldn’t have been a surprise. We were all warned.
Black people’s concerns about festering racism are often dismissed. Will this ever change?
Maine Voices: Wounds of Trump years run deeper than politics. Are we ready to heal?
The United States of America still has to reckon with the darkest eras of its past and to inclusively and equitably reconstruct what America can and ought to be.
Ascension to legislative leadership is bittersweet for Talbot Ross
Rachel Talbot Ross, a Portland Democrat, is the first Black person in state history to serve in a leadership role in the Maine Legislature.
Commentary: Kwanzaa to be celebrated with special urgency in 2020
Ordinary folks are finally seeing what Black people have experienced in this country.
Another View: Call President Trump’s bluff on renaming military bases
Republicans in Congress should join in defeating the chief executive’s veto threat against a crucial defense bill.
Commentary: Trump’s legacy could be a more lenient immigration system
There is agreement that enforcement needs to improve, but it doesn’t have to be so brutal.
Maine Voices: Achieving justice in our future requires understanding past injustices
A recent editorial offers incomplete insight into the national tragedy resulting from the intersection of Native Americans and European white settlers.
Commentary: The Southern Strategy is dead. Here’s to America’s future.
The organizing principle of Republican politics hasn’t changed in 50 years.
Our View: Rep. Talbot Ross reaches an important milestone
The first Black person elected to legislative leadership in Maine will bring a perspective to policy development that has been missing.