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Published
July 31, 2023

Another View: Learning the wrong lessons about slavery

Here is why Florida’s new guidelines for teaching African American history need some work.
Published
July 24, 2023

Another View: Despite vows to reverse them, changing Army base names has noble purpose

Defense leaders rightly support removing names honoring the Confederacy because they want to rid the military of racism and discrimination.
Published
July 4, 2023

Commentary: What makes me a patriot and not a nationalist

True patriotism acknowledges mistakes in an effort to improve, so that one’s country can be the best it can be.
Published
June 18, 2023

Westbrook shares connections, history at Juneteenth celebration

Among the speakers was a Portland chef who urged the crowd of about 200 to 'love your way out of the darkness.'
Published
June 10, 2023

Maine Voices: ‘Woke’ should not be a four-letter word

Being aware of how we have treated and still treat other people in our society is so important to our society's evolving that it should be honored, not vilified.

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Published
May 27, 2023

Commentary: Florida’s censorship of ‘diversity’ efforts are a tantrum born of white guilt

For a moment Americans seemed ready for more substantive, and frank, engagement with race that anti-racism education demanded. Unfortunately, the moment was short-lived.
Published
May 21, 2023

Commentary: Propaganda and politics? None of that in class, please

Students should be introduced to competing perspectives that challenge their preconceived points of view. Without a strong foundation in history, civics and social studies, that's challenging.
Published
April 6, 2023

Maine Voices: We need to continue uncovering hidden histories, not ignoring them

Any historical material that illuminates the past and present is valuable, even if – especially if – it tells an uncomfortable story.
Published
April 4, 2023

Maine Voices: Fifty-five years after Martin Luther King’s assassination, his teachings still ring true

Tyre Nichols’ brutal beating death in Memphis vindicates Dr. King’s 1964 warning about the risks to the lives of Black people at the hands of police.
Published
February 24, 2023

Commentary: Malcolm X was way ahead of his time

Before his assassination, 58 years ago this week, he journeyed from street hustler and prisoner to international voice for the oppressed. Who knows what he could have become?