Police, school officials investigate racist graffiti painted on Waterville elementary school

Peter Hallen, assistant superintendent of Waterville Public Schools, said it is important to find those responsible for the graffiti, but having the schools and Waterville community address the issue is critical to spreading awareness and effecting change.

Former EMMC employee awarded $3 million, saying racial discrimination led to firing

Attorneys for David Ako-Annan said the damages represented the largest sum awarded for a racial discrimination case in Maine.

Oath Keepers head testifies in his trial for seditious conspiracy

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes told jurors he is a patriotic American as he took the witness stand to defend himself against charges his far-right extremist group planned an armed rebellion at the U.S. Capitol.

Twenty-one additional graves found in search for Tulsa Massacre victims

The massacre wiped out generational wealth, and victims were never compensated, but a pending lawsuit seeks reparations for the three remaining known survivors.

Parent says racism shouldn’t be tolerated before two Spruce Mountain High School students are expelled indefinitely

"No child of color or religious faith should be afraid to attend public school in this state or anywhere in the country," Timothy "Tim" Walton of Livermore said.

Two Spruce Mountain students expelled indefinitely

Livermore parent tells RSU 73 board that racism should not be tolerated.

Lewiston council passes amended resolution condemning white supremacy and ‘all forms of violence’

Mayor Carl Sheline said the amended version "watered down" his original resolution that was a direct response to the recent appearance of a neo-Nazi group in the city.

Two Livermore Falls teens charged with writing swastikas in Spruce Mountain High School bathrooms

Each is charged with criminal mischief and suspended from school.

Libraries feel attacked — but not like the ‘freedom libraries’ of 1964

Censorship campaigns recall the much more violent attacks on freedom libraries for Black readers in the Deep South, which sometimes faced bombings and murders.

How the NFL blocks Black coaches