Mapping is one way African Americans fight for equality and help each other navigate a racially hostile landscape.
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
Posted inMaine, Perspective
Lawyers who were ineligible to handle serious criminal charges were given thousands of these cases anyway
In the only state with no public defenders, people charged with murder and other serious crimes can get assigned attorneys who are legally ineligible to take on their cases. The state claims it was unaware.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Oxford Hills
Timeline: How local governments in Maine resist the state’s mask mandate
Local resolutions have been proposed that oppose the statewide mask mandate.
Posted inNation / World, Sports
Tiger Woods seriously injured in Los Angeles car crash
Woods shattered the tibia and fibula bones of his lower right leg in multiple locations. Those injuries were stabilized with a rod in the tibia. Additional injuries to the bones in the foot and ankle required screws and pins. Police say there is no evidence Woods was impaired.
Posted inHealth
Doctors probe into mystery of post-COVID-19 loss of smell
A year into the coronavirus pandemic, doctors are striving to better understand and treat patients who lose their sense of smell
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
New or used? Either way, price hikes squeeze US auto buyers
The viral pandemic has triggered a cascade of price hikes throughout America’s auto industry — a surge that has made both new and used vehicles unaffordable for many
Posted inOp-Eds, Perspective
What last year’s vote may tell us about the vaccination debate today
We love our anniversaries. Newspapers typically feature them as in century and half century retrospectives. So, let’s now turn the clock back a bit, not 100 or even 50 years but just one year ago. It’s late February 2020, the time when the first cases of community transmission of the coronavirus were reported in the […]
Posted inPerspective
Black sororities have stood at the forefront of Black achievement for more than a century
Members of the nation’s four Black sororities, including Vice President Kamala Harris, commit to lifelong acts of service for their communities.
Posted inHealth, Perspective
Biden’s vaccine push runs into distrust in the Black community
As Biden pushes his vaccine campaign, he faces a deep-seated distrust of the medical establishment among Black communities that have long faced mistreatment at its hands.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World
How do we know the COVID-19 vaccines are safe?
To check the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, scientists look for issues during the testing phase and continue their monitoring as shots roll out