racism

Published
September 23, 2022

Commentary: The U.S. neglects basic human rights for children

Based on our child marriage, corporal punishment, child labor and juvenile justice records, Maine is one of 20 states recently flunked by Human Rights Watch.
Published
September 19, 2022

Ken Burns on his latest PBS documentary, ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’

Burns: 'The willingness of people to believe the lies of an evil regime and manipulative leaders – demagogues – isn’t something that’s a one-off.'
Published
September 19, 2022

Review: Ken Burns’ new documentary spotlights how little the U.S. did to stop the Holocaust

'The U.S. and the Holocaust' shows that Americans fell far short of their ideals in their treatment of Jews threatened with imminent murder in Europe. And the film suggests that the past is not past.
Published
September 16, 2022

Residents of Mississippi’s capital say racism is at root of water crisis

While the state plans to stop handing out free bottled water Saturday night, the city said water pressure still hasn’t been fully restored, and state health officials said lead in some pipes remains so worrisome that pregnant women and young children should still use bottled water.
Published
September 15, 2022

Alabama hasn’t compensated survivor of 1963 church bombing that killed 4 Black girls

Nothing has been done despite the efforts of attorneys representing Rudolph, leaving unresolved the question of payment even though victims of other attacks, including 9/11, were compensated.
Published
September 8, 2022

‘Lord of the Rings’ stars support ‘Rings of Power’ cast after racism backlash

Those who have taken up the latest television series inspired by his imagination are firing back against a torrent of racial abuse they say their Black acting stars have received and doubling down on protecting the British author's multifaceted world.
Published
August 21, 2022

Bates College’s baseball team once played the Ku Klux Klan (and won)

At least two New Engand baseball teams after the Civil War were named after the KKK, including one in Bangor
Published
August 18, 2022

Commentary: Black teens are oversurveilled, overpoliced and overincarcerated

A new book confirms my own experience: When I made mistakes as a white teen, I was given second chances that my Black students today don’t get.
Published
August 17, 2022

Commentary: The U.S. needs a robust national plan for racial justice

Our failure to establish a U.N.-accredited national human rights institution leaves us in the minority.
Published
August 17, 2022

Commentary: Democracy not a partisan issue

A minority of senators representing a largely white minority of voters are blocking reforms that would empower more of the American people to vote.