Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka were bombarded with online abuse after they missed their penalty kicks during the nail-biting final against Italy at London’s Wembley Stadium.
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Posted inNation & World
Georgia man pleads guilty to 4 Asian spa killings, sentenced to life
Robert Aaron Long faces still faces the death penalty if convicted in four more shooting deaths in Atlanta.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: President Biden’s speech on voting rights was a sermon, not a battle plan
The soaring rhetoric in his address Tuesday needs to be followed by practical politics.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Historical reckoning begins at home
We can’t change what happened in the past, but that doesn’t mean we should ignore it, my own family history shows.
Posted inNation & World, New England
In quiet coastal Massachusetts town, ‘unassuming’ man turned racist killer
Prosecutors say the genial persona of Nathan Allen belied anti-Semitic and anti-Black sentiments he expressed privately in a notebook, found after he gunned down a Black retired state trooper and a Black Air Force veteran.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Family, friends mourn 2 victims of potential hate crime outside Boston
Prosecutors say Nathan Allen drew swastikas and wrote messages about whites being superior in the weeks leading up to the shootings, which took the lives of a retired state trooper and an Air Force veteran, both Black.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
North Berwick school district struggles with response to Confederate flag and racism
Displays of the flag and concerns about the district’s approach to diversity work recently led to the resignation of a well-respected teacher in SAD 60.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Dismantling white supremacy requires a good mirror
Telling a person of color that the work of eliminating racial injustice is essentially complete is a tactic used to oppress minority populations.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Collins takes wrong side on voting rights
The Maine Republican left no room for compromise as states pass voter-suppression laws.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Juneteenth doesn’t mark the end of the history lesson
Acknowledging the legacy of slavery has come to be perceived as a threat. But facing and examining our past will ultimately benefit us.