The Bill of Rights gives us rights unknown in Nazi-era Germany: to speak out, assemble and march against abuses of power.
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Posted inNorthern Forecaster
Attorney alleges racism by Cumberland police officers
Krystal Williams, who is a Black woman, said officers on two occasions treated her in a way she took as ‘personal.’
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Posted inNation & World
Prosecutor didn’t recommend homicide charges to grand jury in Breonna Taylor’s killing
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron says he won’t block the release of grand jury recordings.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Portland’s new racial equity panel gets to work on policy review
The Racial Equity Steering Committee begins an examination of public safety, community partnerships and other policies that disproportionately affect people of color in Maine’s largest city.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
UMaine will remove name of eugenics advocate from academic building
A task force has recommended the board of trustees consider various options for renaming the building on the Orono campus, possibly for a person of Wabanaki descent.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Portland police, Black Lives Matter group clash over plans for protest Saturday
Organizers dispute Chief Frank Clark’s criticism about a lack of communication.
Posted inNation & World, News
Two Louisville police officers shot in protests of Breonna Taylor case
The violence occurred after a grand jury brought no charges against police for killing the Black woman during a drug raid gone wrong in March.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: This is why I’d like you to stop asking me about crime in Chicago
While ‘Black on Black crime’ is, at least sometimes, punished, Police-on-Black crime seldom is.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham schools’ anti-racism policy looms
GORHAM — A policy aimed at racial discrimination in the school system is in the works. Gorham School Committee is in the process of designing an anti-racism policy inspired by a proclamation submitted last spring by the high school Civil Rights Team. The School Committee in a workshop after the American Journal deadline Wednesday was […]
Posted inNation & World, News
Barr under fire over comparison of virus lock-in to slavery
Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., called the attorney general’s remarks ‘the most ridiculous, tone-deaf, God-awful things I’ve ever heard.’