racism
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2023
Commentary: The grinding persistence of America’s police problem
The videotaped death of Tyre Nichols is as shocking as it is utterly familiar.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2023
Commentary: 50 years after Roe v. Wade, we must take abortion into our own hands
The consequences of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization are especially severe for low-income, Black, Indigenous and other people of color.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2023
Our View: Dr. King’s legacy must be honored on a daily basis
Beware the chasm between real steps toward racial equity and false steps. After that, beware the racist response to those steps.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2023
Commentary: Increasingly diverse U.S. workplaces will force more employers to be flexible
Diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are by now common across America. So far, too many have been rigid, poorly developed and prone to failure.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2023
The Maine Millennial: Looking at Portland’s racial disparity in arrests, and weighing what it means
What I know is that bias is pervasive, even if most of us don’t think of ourselves as biased at all.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2023
Maine Voices: Looking back on 150 years of Emancipation Day celebrations in Portland
Old newspaper reports show us that celebrations of Black freedom and Black activism have a long history in Maine.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2022
Police, school officials investigate racist graffiti painted on Waterville elementary school
Peter Hallen, assistant superintendent of Waterville Public Schools, said it is important to find those responsible for the graffiti, but having the schools and Waterville community address the issue is critical to spreading awareness and effecting change.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2022
Commentary: Twitter’s downward spiral is sad, but I’m not leaving just yet
Whether we like it or not, these decisions are deeply personal, and deeply political.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2022
Commentary: Whither the Black athlete in a post-affirmative action world?
Head basketball coaches across the country have said that Black college athletes stand to be ‘especially harmed’ in campuses that become whiter and more privileged. That much seems obvious.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2022
Leonard Pitts: We owe Holocaust survivors much better than this
Soon, no one will be left to say: This is what happened, this is what it was like.
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