Three recent high school graduates took on their first documentary project, capturing the recent Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Portland.
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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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Wide shift in opinion on police, race rare in U.S. polling
The recent shifts in public opinion stand out when compared with years of survey research conducted following similar slayings of Black people by police.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
For her, SoPo Human Rights Commission project a labor of love
South Portland resident Margaret Brownlee wanted to do something to participate in the growing national anti-racism movement, and some independent research has led to a project that will create the city’s first human rights commission.
Posted inNation & World, News
Attorney for George Floyd’s family preparing federal civil rights lawsuit
Ben Crump has won more than 200 police brutality lawsuits and represents the families of Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbury in addition to Floyd’s.
Posted inTimes Record
Bath man cited for driving truck into protesters at crosswalk
Bath police ticketed 83-year-old William Angell for failure to yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk after he allegedly drove his truck into protesters crossing Centre Street in a crosswalk on June 11.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine municipalities review police funding, tackle systemic racism after protests
Calls to defund police draw various responses from city and town officials across the state.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump tweets video with ‘white power’ chant, then deletes it
The White House deputy press secretary says the president did not hear the statement.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Black Lives Matter is the latest flower of the Black Radical Tradition
Despite what a recent columnist suggests, BLM does not vindicate liberalism – it exposes and upends liberalism.
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Maine Voices: Let us be a Juneteenth nation, not a July Fourth one
Making June 19 our national holiday would be a celebration of when we, as a nation, started taking the Declaration of Independence seriously.