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Racism

Published
July 30, 2023

Our View: Hate groups tear at the seams of our country

White supremacists, and the politicians who have pulled them into the mainstream, are a growing threat.
Published
July 28, 2023

Commentary: Kidnapping hoax should not distract us from real issue of missing Black women, girls

Real missing-person reports may elicit skepticism because of an Alabama woman’s false kidnapping tale.
Published
July 26, 2023

Clarence Page: It is high time to put political differences aside for the good of the country

Sen. Tommy Tuberville's effort to hold military promotions hostage to politics over providing military personnel access to abortion violates his pledge to support our troops and their families.
Published
July 24, 2023

Another View: Despite vows to reverse them, changing Army base names has noble purpose

Defense leaders rightly support removing names honoring the Confederacy because they want to rid the military of racism and discrimination.
Published
July 23, 2023

Hate groups are on the march in Maine

A three-month investigation by the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram reveals that white nationalist groups are increasing their presence in Maine. Ignoring them would be a mistake, experts say.

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Published
July 22, 2023

Biden campaign hits DeSantis over slavery curriculum in Florida

The curriculum dispute marks the latest back-and-forth Biden and his campaign takes on DeSantis, who’s positioned himself as an anti-'woke' campaigner in the 2024 election.
Published
July 15, 2023

Commentary: Life after affirmative action demands supercharged focus on diversity

I’ve learned just as much from a diverse community of peers at Bowdoin College as I have in class. We shouldn’t be trying to ignore our differences. We should be celebrating them.
Published
July 12, 2023

Clarence Page: A college-level challenge – when free speech sounds like cyberbullying

At the University of Chicago, a student’s Twitter rhetoric sounds a lot like ‘a genuine threat or harassment,’ which would violate campus policies.
Published
July 11, 2023

Sen. Tommy Tuberville relents and says white nationalists are racist

Tuberville on Monday said he rejects racism but pushed back against CNN host Kaitlan Collins when she told him that by definition white nationalists are racist because they believe their race is superior to others.
Published
July 9, 2023

The Maine Millennial: Beware ‘the Maine stare’ and what it implies

For whom is the welcome mat rolled out? It’s time Mainers got real about the answer.