Black Lives Matter
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PublishedJuly 16, 2020
Maine Voices: Portland city manager position should be abolished
Decisions that defund public health – like closing the India Street Positive Health Clinic – devalue the needs of Black and Latinx Mainers.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2020
Our View: Racist NFL team name finally going away
We should all wonder what took so long.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2020
Life of James Weldon Johnson, who wrote ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ ended tragically in Maine
The civil rights activist and educator was killed in a car accident in 1938 after vacationing in Islesboro.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2020
Concerns raised in Falmouth over race disparity, council working on solutions
About 20 residents and town officials discussed the disproportionate arrests of black people in Falmouth at a community workshop.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2020
Teenagers lead the way in Black Lives Matter movement
Nationally and in Maine, young people of color are leading protests and asking their local leaders to address systemic racism.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2020
Maine Voices: Homelessness is a racial justice issue in Maine, too
Racial disparities among homeless people are real, and will require all of us to change the institutions and policies at their foundation.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2020
Officer who pinned George Floyd told him: ‘It takes … a lot of oxygen to talk’
Body camera transcripts released Wednesday provide the most detailed account yet of the arrest May 25 that led to Floyd's death.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2020
Leonard Pitts: Karen’s got a gun, but she needs a book
Falsely equating racial justice uprisings with race war, some white Americans are losing their damn minds.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2020
Young filmmakers in Portland turn friendship into activism
Three recent high school graduates took on their first documentary project, capturing the recent Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Portland.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2020
Maine lawmakers urge colleagues to prioritize bills aimed at ending systemic racism
Reps. Rachel Talbot Ross and Craig Hickman want the Legislature to act quickly on bills held over from the March adjournment that would address racial disparity and discrimination.
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