Nationally and in Maine, young people of color are leading protests and asking their local leaders to address systemic racism.
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Puerto Rico questions Spain’s legacy as statues tumble across U.S.
Activists demand that monuments to Columbus and Ponce de León be removed as symbols of oppression.
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Tucker Carlson writer resigns from Fox News after racist posts revealed
Blake Neff used a pseudonym to write bigoted comments about Black and Asian people, as well as women, on the online forum AutoAdmit.
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Pandemic, racism compound worries about Black suicide rate
Health experts have warned of a looming mental health crisis – but doctors and researchers say the issues reverberate deeper among Black people.
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A racial reckoning arrives at West Point, where being Black is a ‘beautifully painful experience’
The police killing of George Floyd has triggered a wave of reckoning over racism and identity coast to coast, including at the United States Military Academy.
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Homeland Security gets new role under Trump monument order
Now it is in the role of supporting Trump’s law-and-order campaign, raising questions about overstepping the duties of local law enforcement.
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Georgia senator continues to oppose Black Lives Matter, won’t sell stake in WNBA team
Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R, wanted to be part of the league until that meant standing with players on issues of inclusion and equality.
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Officers who killed Breonna Taylor in raid thought she was alone
Louisville police officers who fatally shot Taylor while serving a warrant were told she would be home alone because their main target was elsewhere.
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New York City mayor helps paint Black Lives Matter in front of Trump Tower
Trump responded via Twitter that the mural would denigrate “this luxury Avenue” and “further antagonize New York’s Finest.”
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Letter: As nation’s 250th approaches, policing problem remains
America is coming up on 250 years as a nation. Most Americans can’t feel good right now about this anniversary. I was imprinted by my father (my GOAT), who was race blind. Of course, I can’t be sure how he came to be that way, he was a New Hampshire kid, but he had spent […]