Muslim girls at Deering High School get improved access to sports and a sense of community.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Gay men publicly caned in Indonesia
The punishment for consensual sex meted out under Shariah law intensifies an anti-gay backlash in the world’s most populous Muslim country.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Republican Party has lost its way
The party’s current pro-life stance boils down to a religious disagreement that conservatives should avoid.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Don’t judge all Poles for Nazi crimes during the Holocaust
We should do what we can to fight bigotry here, but we don’t live under the pressure applied in WWII.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Muslims’ help to restore Jewish cemetery shows what is great about America
A loving act by a marginalized group reminds us how to best bear witness to persecution.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Interfaith Scarborough dinner brings new neighbors together
St. Maximilian Kolbe’s Building Bridges event allows those of different backgrounds to break both bread and barriers.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Immigrants made America great
The story of America is only the story of new arrivals arriving, striving and becoming Americans in their own ways.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: KKK fliers in Augusta, Freeport are just the most obvious examples of hate
President Trump’s refugee ban shows that carefully worded prejudice is as damaging as the in-your-face kind.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Religion is no justification for bias against women, LGBT Americans
With a ‘religious freedom’ executive order in the works, Maine’s members of Congress should be prepared to put basic civil rights protections into law.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Muslim refugee ban keeps elderly Iranian grandmother in limbo
After nearly three years of vetting, she is issued a visa – then President Trump signs an executive order.