Just five years after the Charleston massacre, the consensus has shifted in the wake of nationwide protests against racism and police brutality following George Floyd’s death.
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NASCAR Trucks driver quits over Confederate flag ban, new anthem policy
A lower-level driver, Ray Ciccarelli says he will not return after the 2020 season because of ‘the direction NASCAR is headed.’
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Posted inNation & World, News
Trump threatens to ‘take back’ Seattle as protesters set up ‘autonomous zone’
Trump’s tweets echo his earlier threats to use military force to quell unrest as thousands took to the streets nationwide to decry police brutality.
Posted inSports
PGA Tour gets back to business, offers tribute to Floyd
The tour honors George Floyd with a moment of silence as pro golf returns at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Republican-led Senate panel OKs removing Confederate names from bases
The plan by Sen. Elizabeth Warren takes on the president, who has vowed not to change the names.
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Army Gen. Mark Milley says he was wrong to accompany Trump on church walk
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the nation’s top military officer, now says it was a mistake for him to have been in Lafayette Square with President Donald Trump last week.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
More advertisers leave Tucker Carlson’s show after his Black Lives comment
Walt Disney Co., Papa John’s International Inc. and T-Mobile US Inc. said this week they would no longer advertise on his show.
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The Latest: Protests intensify campaigns to remove Confederate monuments around U.S.
The latest on protests against racism and police brutality. The rapidly unfolding movement to pull down Confederate monuments around the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd’s death has extended to statues of slave traders, imperialists, conquerors and explorers around the world, including Christopher Columbus, Cecil Rhodes and Belgium’s King Leopold II. Protests and, in […]
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Another View: Finally, NFL backs players’ peaceful protests
Colin Kaepernick took a knee and paid a price. Then George Floyd was killed, and black players demanded that the league stand up for black lives.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Nation challenged to create equitable ‘new normal’ for African Americans
When will we act to correct the hatred and injustice that have cost so many lives?