If we don’t speak up, our party will be increasingly viewed as the party of intolerance and not-so-subtle racism.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Hate ending in bloodshed not a new phenomenon
Massacres like the one in New Zealand are the predictable result of the rise in international intolerance.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: After Christchurch attack, a call to prayer – and to action
Reject extremism, reach out to your neighbor and resist ‘us versus them’ rhetoric.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Who is speaking for the Maine Republican Party?
It reflects badly on the state Republican Party that Vice Chairman Nick Isgro’s hateful tweets are still up under the Maine Republican Party banner.
Posted inNation & World
Former President Bush calls immigrants ‘a blessing’
He makes the remarks at a naturalization ceremony in Dallas, where more than four dozen immigrants from 22 countries were sworn in.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Without the Irish, there would be no United States of America
St. Patrick’s Day is a good time to reflect on how immigrants who were sympathetic to the cause of independence ensured our liberty.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Republican Party’s anti-immigrant tweets anger Portland mayor – and Republican senators
In a series of tweets late Thursday night, the state party took aim at migrants and the city, falsely connecting immigrants to outbreaks of infectious diseases.
Posted inLocal & State
Churches bring huge donation to Portland’s overflowing family shelter
The collection of winter clothing and personal care supplies was organized in response to a Maine Sunday Telegram report about immigrant families who fled violence and came to seek asylum.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Court considers racial profiling claim against Maine state trooper
A federal appeals court in Boston is looking at whether an undocumented immigrant from Honduras was the victim of unlawful detention.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: There’s not much room for compromise between the parties anymore
Even in ‘odd’ years, powerful political forces drive elected officials away from common ground.