In Portland and nationwide, the City Council and mayor may separate from an unsatisfactory manager at any time, but it takes an election to hold a mayor accountable.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Yarmouth police investigate racial slur painted on road
Someone scrawled a racial slur for Black people, lewd images and the word ‘trump’ on the pavement on Talbot Road sometime between Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
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Posted inNation & World
Officials name new road in Florida after Trayvon Martin
The Black teenager’s 2012 death sparked a movement for social justice.
Posted inNation & World
Police officers accused of killing George Floyd to be tried together in Minneapolis
Judge rules that separate trials for the four officers would be an “undue burden” and that he believes a fair and safe trial can happen in the city in March.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Beside Table: ‘How to be an Antiracist” speaks to our times
Ibram X. Kendi writes personally and with a broad sweep.
Posted inNation & World
Election emerges as referendum on race relations in America
An unprecedented convergence of three crises has disproportionately affect people of color — the coronavirus pandemic, joblessness and police brutality.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Black POWER: This is who we are and what we want
As we grow collective momentum toward reimagining current systems, we support Questions A-E and call for replacing Portland’s council-manager government.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Jared Kushner was born rich and white. Now he’s lecturing Blacks
The advice on achieving success is hard to take from someone who started out on third base and thinks he hit a triple.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Black Lives Matter Maine stages rally at Portland police station
More than 70 people turn out as part of a national campaign to protest police brutality.
Posted inNation & World
Black man’s family views graphic video of in-custody death
The May 2019 encounter is now the subject of a federal civil rights investigation.