Counting from Thirteen, a temporary public art project, is to be unveiled Saturday at what was once the Gulf Express Mart at 754 Congress St. in Portland.
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Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Cape diversity group eager to see new advisory committee
The Cape Diversity Coalition is eagerly awaiting a new diversity advisory committee that Cape Elizabeth officials will be mapping out in detail next week.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
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.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Racist NFL team name finally going away
We should all wonder what took so long.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
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.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
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.
Posted inLocal & State, News
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.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
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.
Posted inNation & World
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.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
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.