race – Page 15 – The Portland Press Herald

Maine Voices: I am white. I was bused, too. And it made me a better person

by John M. Hagan Special to the Press Herald July 15, 2019July 14, 2019

Exposure to diversity has made me richer, more thoughtful and better able to see a clear path to the future.

by Kathleen Parker The Washington Post July 9, 2019July 8, 2019

Presidential hopefuls are trying to establish themselves as champions of equality – some more successfully than others.

by SAMANTHA MALDONADO Associated Press July 4, 2019July 4, 2019

The School Board decides to paint over the Depression-era work for its depiction of black and Native American people.

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald July 3, 2019July 2, 2019

The surprise at the even-keeled police response to a fake report that I’d killed my wife is sad and telling.

by Ian Ayres Special to The Washington Post June 30, 2019June 28, 2019

At a time when government agencies should be looking for ways to better curtail lending abuses, federal officials are scaling back enforcement.

by Wil Haygood Special to The Washington Post June 25, 2019June 24, 2019

As the presidential hopeful discovered with his clumsy remarks last week, ‘Dixiecrat’ politicians inflicted wounds that still haven’t healed.

by Jim Fossel June 23, 2019June 20, 2019

No one wins by blocking economic success or the expansion of human rights.

What looks like genuine concern about people who are homeless may really be something much more sinister.

by Marc A. Thiessen The Washington Post June 21, 2019June 20, 2019

Watch his rivals pounce as he defends not segregation, but civility and compromise.

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald June 19, 2019June 19, 2019

This is the story of an ongoing crime: America’s long history of using dark-skinned men as its all-purpose ‘other.’