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Race

Published
September 8, 2021

Racist comments from Auburn city councilor tarnish agreement to name footbridge after John Jenkins

Leroy Walker said that alleged looting by "dark-colored people" in the South reflects badly on John Jenkins, former mayor of both Lewiston and Auburn who died last year.
Published
July 28, 2021

Inside a KKK murder plot: Grab him up, take him to the river

In 2015, three Ku Klux Klan members hatched a plot to murder a Black man who had been recently released from a state prison
Published
June 30, 2021

Women to swim, bike and run for cancer cure in virtual triathlon

Hundreds of women are set to compete in Tri for a Cure, which has adopted a virtual format for the second straight year.
Published
June 7, 2021

RSU 10 Equity Committee looks to make school a better place

Committee is a group of more than 35 members, including educators, school resource officers, school psychologists, students, school board members and administrators.
Published
May 7, 2021

Several hundred students gather at Bates to call for defunding campus security

The students pleaded with Bates College to transform its Campus Safety Department.

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Published
March 24, 2021

Boston turns historic page with Kim Janey, city’s first female and first Black mayor

Fellow Democrat Marty Walsh resigned Monday to become President Joe Biden’s labor secretary.
Published
January 26, 2021

Biden moves to advance racial equity, including ending privately run federal prisons

The president will also direct the Department of Housing and Urban Development to take steps necessary to promote equitable housing policy.
Published
January 17, 2021

Mainers reflect on Dr. King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech

We asked eight Mainers to read parts of Dr. King's immortal "I Have a Dream" speech, and share their thoughts on how his words resonate with them today.
Published
December 29, 2020

Statue of slave kneeling before Lincoln is removed in Boston

The optics of the statue that showed Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave appearing to kneel at his feet drew objections amid a national reckoning with racial injustice.
Published
November 23, 2020

‘It’s gotten nasty’: Clash over racial equity work roils Cumberland

Six months after SAD 51 issued two racial equity letters, the district continues to see backlash from a resident who has alleged an illegal meeting and hiring.