For a moment Americans seemed ready for more substantive, and frank, engagement with race that anti-racism education demanded. Unfortunately, the moment was short-lived.
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Posted inTimes Record Opinion
John L. Micek: Words of wisdom and a warning
My best friend was around to my house on a recent Saturday for a long-overdue reunion. Adult schedules and the demands of parenthood being what they are, it had taken U.N.-level negotiations to get our calendars to match. As we caught up, with a ballgame on in the background, it wasn’t long before our teenaged […]
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Remembering – and retelling – my father’s account of Buchenwald in 1945
How can we ensure that future generations respect and honor Holocaust survivors’ and witnesses’ memories?
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly, The Forecaster
Through My Lens: Neo-Nazis can’t scare Black community out of Maine
To the neo-Nazis who recently rallied in Portland: I want to make it clear that the Black community is here to stay in Maine. To everyone else: I must express my concern about the increasingly difficult situation for Black people in our beloved state. As a resident of Maine for the past nine years, I […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Fifty-five years after Martin Luther King’s assassination, his teachings still ring true
Tyre Nichols’ brutal beating death in Memphis vindicates Dr. King’s 1964 warning about the risks to the lives of Black people at the hands of police.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News, Politics
Analysis: Scott Adams and the right-wing insistence on white victimhood
The creator of the ‘Dilbert’ cartoon, Adams has been able to tread further into controversy thanks to celebrity and power.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Malcolm X was way ahead of his time
Before his assassination, 58 years ago this week, he journeyed from street hustler and prisoner to international voice for the oppressed. Who knows what he could have become?
Posted inNation & World, News
Racism takes a toll on the brain, research shows
Experiences of racial discrimination are consistently linked with mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, substance use and PTSD, as well as physical ailments such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Identity, environment and resourcefulness all served up at the excellent CMCA Biennial
The 2023 Center for Maine Contemporary Arts’ show, which encompasses 35 artists, is not without its share of controversy.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Clarence Page: College Board AP course tests our racial politics, too
The critics of Advanced Placement African American studies quickly expose their ignorance of the breadth and depth of Black history.
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