Jewish Museum’s Black Lives Matter banner vandalized in Portland

An unknown person cut the word "Black" from a Black Lives Banner hung on a fence outside of the Maine Jewish Museum, and then the banner was ripped down.

DHS official whose office compiled ‘intelligence reports’ on journalists and protesters has been removed from his job

Brian Murphy, the acting undersecretary for intelligence and analysis, was reassigned to a new position elsewhere in the department.

Teenagers lead the way in Black Lives Matter movement

Nationally and in Maine, young people of color are leading protests and asking their local leaders to address systemic racism.

Arrest rates for Black people in Lewiston-Auburn are roughly four times higher than census shows

City officials in Lewiston question the census numbers of minority populations, claiming they are actually much higher, say arrest rates are on target.

Young filmmakers in Portland turn friendship into activism

Three recent high school graduates took on their first documentary project, capturing the recent Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Portland.

Maine lawmakers urge colleagues to prioritize bills aimed at ending systemic racism

Reps. Rachel Talbot Ross and Craig Hickman want the Legislature to act quickly on bills held over from the March adjournment that would address racial disparity and discrimination.

Wide shift in opinion on police, race rare in U.S. polling

The recent shifts in public opinion stand out when compared with years of survey research conducted following similar slayings of Black people by police.

Maine municipalities review police funding, tackle systemic racism after protests

Calls to defund police draw various responses from city and town officials across the state.

Trump tweets video with ‘white power’ chant, then deletes it

The White House deputy press secretary says the president did not hear the statement.

PHOTO: Keeping the movement alive