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Published
June 28, 2020

Insight: The nation’s first Black lawyer got his start in Maine

Fighting racial discrimination all the way, Macon Bolling Allen blazed a trail in the legal profession that started with his admission to the bar in Portland.
Published
June 27, 2020

Commentary: Black people are not naturally vulnerable to COVID. That’s junk race science

Those who blame African Americans draw upon an odious intellectual tradition.
Published
June 27, 2020

Maine Voices: Let us be a Juneteenth nation, not a July Fourth one

Making June 19 our national holiday would be a celebration of when we, as a nation, started taking the Declaration of Independence seriously.
Published
June 26, 2020

Maine Voices: ‘Whitewashing’ history gives young people distorted view of America

Teaching our nation’s true story will encourage clearer thinking, not treachery, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist explains.
Published
June 24, 2020

Maine Voices: Portland’s ties to slavery require study and action

Maine’s largest city should acknowledge that it benefited from the labor of enslaved people elsewhere and enact protesters’ demands.

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Published
June 23, 2020

Our View: It’s time to save Portland’s Abyssinian Meeting House

It’s not enough to tear down statues that don’t align with our values. We need to put up monuments that do.
Published
June 21, 2020

Maine Voices: Liberalism has changed, evolved along with our republic

What began as a philosophy of limited government now means government protection and a weakening of the grip of the elites over our democracy.
Published
June 21, 2020

Insight: Malaga’s legacy speaks to our time

Ruthless, racially motivated actions by Maine’s government a century ago expose biases that are still with us.
Published
June 19, 2020

Our View: Juneteenth offers reckoning on race

The holiday marking the end of American slavery is an occasion to consider the still unfulfilled promises of freedom.
Published
June 19, 2020

Maine Voices: Despite no ‘coach,’ Team America learning to recognize, tend to racism’s wounds

Taking a knee during a peaceful Portland protest echoes a respectful ritual from youth soccer games.