The conservative-dominated Supreme Court added another blockbuster case to a term with abortion, guns, religion and COVID-19 on the agenda.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Black Americans shared Sidney Poitier with the world, but he was all ours
The groundbreaking actor, who died last week, embodied Blackness with an unyielding insistence upon his own – and therefore, upon our – dignity and worth.
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Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, New England, News, Politics
Pilot launched to assess racial impact of state legislative bills
The purpose of the statements is to address what many see as systemic racism in state government by considering whether a proposed new law would help, hurt or have no impact on historically disadvantaged racial populations.
Posted inNew England
Tribes mourn on Thanksgiving: ‘No reason to celebrate’
Thursday’s solemn National Day of Mourning observance in downtown Plymouth, Massachusetts, recalled the disease and oppression that European settlers brought to North America.
Posted inNation & World, News, Schools and Education
Death threats, online abuse, police protection: School board members face dark new reality
A wave of anger against elected and appointed school officials, including superintendents, is cresting nationwide.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Racial achievement gaps a reality in Maine
A Portland official has raised an issue that should be discussed in every school district.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn’s Leroy Walker apologizes for racist comments
City leaders say they’ll form new diversity committee to tackle racial issues in Auburn.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston leaders call Leroy Walker’s racist comments ‘hurtful and detrimental’
Auburn council member’s commentary assailed by elected leaders from Lewiston in a statement issued Friday.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn officials denounce those who questioned naming bridge for John Jenkins
City leaders have been largely silent about call by nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group for Leroy Walker to resign following racially-charged comments about Jenkins’ skin color.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Racist comments from Auburn city councilor tarnish agreement to name footbridge after John Jenkins
Leroy Walker said that alleged looting by “dark-colored people” in the South reflects badly on John Jenkins, former mayor of both Lewiston and Auburn who died last year.