The school board changed the nickname to ‘Red Storm’ in 2000. Flaherty’s Family Farm store still sells fan gear carrying the old name, raising public concern.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Florida must break out of lockstep with states that suppress the black vote
Requiring ex-convicts to pay all their fines and fees in order to cast a ballot undercuts a law that restores their voting rights.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: You can vandalize black history, but you can never erase it
If more of us had the courage to deal with the feelings stirred by Emmett Till’s murder, the site where his body was recovered wouldn’t need a bulletproof marker.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: When we see black people, why do we see what isn’t there?
The tragic shooting of a woman in Fort Worth is another example of a much bigger problem.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Poor People’s Campaign sheds light on poverty in Maine
Federal poverty figures don’t tell the whole story about economic insecurity and its causes.
Posted inNation & World, News
White officer fatally shoots black woman in her Texas home during welfare check
The south Fort Worth community is shaken by news that feels like a familiar story.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Synagogue shooting highlights growing risk of right-wing terrorism
German and U.S. security agencies should devote resources to fighting white supremacists.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Border Patrol should stop racial profiling
Federal agents ought to know that it’s no crime to have brown skin or speak a language other than English.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Forgiveness is the problem when it goes only one way
Who forgives black people? Forget forgiveness for wrongdoing. How about forgiveness for simply trying to live ordinary lives – like Botham Jean of Dallas?
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Let’s move forward together to address injustice, not take a step back
The We Must Do MORE Tour, a civic engagement movement grounded in the concerns of the poor, is coming to Portland on Oct. 10.