Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, announced late last year that he had advanced pancreatic cancer.
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Defendant in Ahmaud Arbery slaying denied bond, faces separate investigation
William ‘Roddie’ Bryan Jr. hit Arbery with his truck and had racist messages on his phone, prosecutors said.
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NAMI Maine: Increase community support for people with mental illness
Investments should ensure that social service professionals respond to people in need, and police are called upon to respond only to public safety issues.
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Liked ‘Hamilton’? New documentary shows where it came from
The playwright, actor and songwriter shows his impressive hip-hop improv skills in “We Are Freestyle Love Supreme” on Hulu.
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CDC employees demand the agency confront racism, calling it a ‘public health crisis’
In a letter to CDC Director Robert Redfield, more than 1,200 employees called for ‘7 Acts of Change,’ beginning with declaring ‘racism a public health crisis in the United States.’
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Maine Voices: Portland city manager position should be abolished
Decisions that defund public health – like closing the India Street Positive Health Clinic – devalue the needs of Black and Latinx Mainers.
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Portland police chief: ‘The police are the public and the public are the police’
This concept represents the basic relationship between our police officers and our communities. We stand with you because we are you.
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Floyd family sues Minneapolis officers charged in his death
The lawsuit also alleges that the city allowed a culture of excessive force, racism and impunity to flourish in its police force.
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ViacomCBS drops Nick Cannon, cites ‘anti-Semitic’ comments
ViacomCBS says it’s cutting ties with Nick Cannon because of what the media giant called his ‘hateful speech” and anti-Semitic theories.
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Missouri governor says Trump ‘getting involved’ in case of couple who pointed guns at protesters
The governor said the president and Attorney General William Barr ‘are going to take a look’ at the case in St. Louis.