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Published
July 2, 2020

Wide shift in opinion on police, race rare in U.S. polling

The recent shifts in public opinion stand out when compared with years of survey research conducted following similar slayings of Black people by police.
Published
July 1, 2020

For her, SoPo Human Rights Commission project a labor of love

South Portland resident Margaret Brownlee wanted to do something to participate in the growing national anti-racism movement, and some independent research has led to a project that will create the city's first human rights commission.
Published
June 30, 2020

Attorney for George Floyd’s family preparing federal civil rights lawsuit

Ben Crump has won more than 200 police brutality lawsuits and represents the families of Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbury in addition to Floyd’s.
Published
June 30, 2020

Bath man cited for driving truck into protesters at crosswalk

Bath police ticketed 83-year-old William Angell for failure to yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk after he allegedly drove his truck into protesters crossing Centre Street in a crosswalk on June 11.
Published
June 29, 2020

Maine municipalities review police funding, tackle systemic racism after protests

Calls to defund police draw various responses from city and town officials across the state.
Published
June 28, 2020

Trump tweets video with ‘white power’ chant, then deletes it

The White House deputy press secretary says the president did not hear the statement.
Published
June 28, 2020

Maine Voices: Black Lives Matter is the latest flower of the Black Radical Tradition

Despite what a recent columnist suggests, BLM does not vindicate liberalism – it exposes and upends liberalism.
Published
June 27, 2020

Maine Voices: Let us be a Juneteenth nation, not a July Fourth one

Making June 19 our national holiday would be a celebration of when we, as a nation, started taking the Declaration of Independence seriously.
Published
June 26, 2020

So. Portland addresses demands to defund police in final budget

The council approved the city's $38 million budget, but not before addressing criticism that they didn't go far enough to cut police funding.
Published
June 24, 2020

Cape Elizabeth makes anti-racism push

The council agreed to put up a sign rejecting racism, along with updating an anti-racism resolution and beginning work on a new diversity advisory council -- moves that some say are long overdue.