systemic racism

Published
April 25, 2022

South Portland targets racism as a public health crisis

The City Council will review a call to action proposed by the Board of Health and Human Rights Commission.
Published
January 18, 2022

Florida could shield whites from ‘discomfort’ of racist past

A bill pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis dictating how schools and businesses teach students or train employees about discrimination received its first approval on Tuesday.
Published
November 12, 2021

Pardon for Plessy, namesake of ‘separate but equal’ ruling, goes to governor

Homer Plessy was arrested in 1892 after boarding the train car as part of a civil rights’ group’s efforts to challenge a state law that mandated segregated seating.
Published
November 11, 2021

Veterans Day legislation targets GI Bill’s racial inequities

Many Black WWII veterans received substantially less money toward purchasing a home or continuing their education.
Published
September 9, 2021

Robert E. Lee statue is gone from Virginia, but the mystery of its time capsule remains

Though the monument itself was unveiled in 1890, the time capsule was planted in 1887 along with the first parts of the giant plinth.
Published
September 8, 2021

Statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee comes down in former Confederate capital

The 21-foot-tall bronze sculpture, installed in 1890, had stood among four other massive Confederate statues in Richmond, Va., that were removed by the city last summer.
Published
September 1, 2021

Officers, paramedics charged in Elijah McClain’s chokehold death

McClain, a Black man, was put in a chokehold and injected with a powerful sedative two years ago.
Published
June 18, 2021

Lawmakers mark Juneteenth with talk of ‘abolition amendment’ to end forced labor by felons

Lawmakers are reviving calls to end a loophole in the Constitution that allowed another form of slavery — forced labor for convicted felons — to thrive.
Published
May 18, 2021

Biden moving to improve legal services for poor, minorities

President Joe Biden plans to take executive action to ensure minorities, low-income Americans and others have better access to quality legal representation after services dwindled during the Trump administration.
Published
April 28, 2021

Tim Scott, only Black Republican senator, set to respond to Biden speech

Republican leaders' choíce of Scott to answer Biden comes at a tense political moment.