Chelsey Cardilli’s claim that her brother, Mark Cardilli Jr., made racist statements weren’t key to his conviction in the 2019 death of her boyfriend, Isahak Muse, but they did fuel tensions in the case.
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Posted inFood
Former ‘Racist Sandwich’ co-host talks podcasting, teaching at Bowdoin and eating in Maine
Zahir Janmohamed, a visiting Bowdoin professor and co-founder of the acclaimed ‘Racist Sandwich’ podcast, asks difficult questions about race, gender and class – and how food relates to them all.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
How ‘Promise’ unfolds: Amid racial tensions, teenage friendships fray in a small Maine town
Poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths’ debut novel, set in 1957, is at once heartbreaking and hopeful.
Posted inNation & World
Wales’ first Black leader is a testament to Britain’s political diversity, but racism persists
For the first time, none of the U.K.’s four main governments is led by a white man.
Posted inTimes Record
State Senate candidate continues anti-racism work at Bath library
In an effort to address community interests, the Patten Free Library launched the in-depth literary series on race and equity in February.
Posted inCops & Courts, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
Attorney General lodges Maine Civil Rights Act complaint against Lewiston woman
Andrea Ouellette, 65, of Lewiston faces a Maine Civil Rights Act complaint from the Maine Attorney General’s office.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Ban on paramilitary training camps barely clears first hurdle in Maine House vote
The bill passed the Democratic-controlled House 66-60 with 6 Democrats joining unified opposition from Republicans and 24 lawmakers absent.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Outdoors
Bedside table: A book on Black pioneers in the Adirondacks gets 2 impressive endorsements
Book recommendations from readers.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Clarence Page: When Trump’s rhetoric comes straight from Hitler, he’s in trouble, or we all are
His recent fact-free assault on immigrants invokes a theme – ‘poisoning the blood of our country’ – right out of the dictator’s manifesto.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Courting workers in Michigan, Biden and Trump wage separate wars
In the war between labor and capital, there are no angels. There are, of course, sides.