The issue is whether a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies that placed polluting industries in majority-Black communities.
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What Haitians really eat
Absurd falsehoods about Haitian immigrants in Ohio ignore the truth about the impact of Haitian cooking on America.
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This year’s Chamberlain Legacy Lecture focuses on race and capital punishment
Pejepscot History Center is hosting the fourth annual Chamberlain Legacy Lecture on the topic of “Selective Justice: The Death Penalty and Race.” The presentation is at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept, 6, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Middle St., Brunswick. This year’s speakers are Alicia Cepeda Maule, digital director at the Innocence Project, and Bangor […]
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Education series on race to expand
An interfaith program, Sacred Ground, is working to establish its first discussion program at South Freeport Church this fall.
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She took on a small Mississippi town’s police. Then they arrested her.
Days before, Jill Collen Jefferson had met with Justice Department investigators from Washington. She hoped to turn their attention to this small-town police force, whose new Black police chief, Charles Henderson, was accused of continuing racist and discriminatory practices of the White commander he replaced.
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Opinion: We all lost when MLB excluded Black players
Watching Negro League players get their long-overdue recognition brought up memories for a rookie who, on one glorious afternoon in Puerto Rico, got to mix it up with baseball’s best.
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New account rekindles allegations Donald Trump disrespected Black people on ‘The Apprentice’
Fresh allegations are surfacing about Trump’s disrespectful behavior toward Black people inside the Manhattan skyscraper that launched his show and political career.
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Merrill Lynch agrees to pay nearly $20 million to settle class action racial discrimination lawsuit
The lawsuit alleges that African American advisers received less compensation and fewer promotions than their white counterparts.
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Lucasfilm head says women in ‘Star Wars’ ‘struggle’ due to ‘male dominated’ fandom
New series ‘The Acolyte’ has already come under fire from certain corners of the internet for its increased focus on the inclusion of women and people of color.
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Former worker accuses Puritan Medical Products of ‘heinous racism’ in federal lawsuit
Dupreme Ammonds, of Hartland, alleges managers at the Pittsfield swab-making facility did not address complaints about racial harassment and civil rights violations he faced over 14 months at the company.