black history
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2021
Commentary: Say it – Hank Aaron is the real home run champion
One revelation has been missing from the countless tributes to ‘Hammerin’ Hank’: that his steroid-free 755 homers remain an all-time record.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2021
Echoes of the past and the long road ahead for racial justice
Black Mainers reflect on the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
The Maine Millennial: White supremacist violence goes deep in our history
And the proud display of emblems of hate during the attack on the Capitol shows we haven’t faced up to our ugly story.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
Our View: King’s call for economic justice unfulfilled
Racial disparities in income and wealth are as restrictive today as segregation was in the past.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2021
Commentary: The riot at the Capitol shouldn’t have been a surprise. We were all warned.
Black people’s concerns about festering racism are often dismissed. Will this ever change?
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2021
Maine Voices: Wounds of Trump years run deeper than politics. Are we ready to heal?
The United States of America still has to reckon with the darkest eras of its past and to inclusively and equitably reconstruct what America can and ought to be.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2021
Ascension to legislative leadership is bittersweet for Talbot Ross
Rachel Talbot Ross, a Portland Democrat, is the first Black person in state history to serve in a leadership role in the Maine Legislature.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2020
Commentary: Kwanzaa to be celebrated with special urgency in 2020
Ordinary folks are finally seeing what Black people have experienced in this country.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2020
Another View: Call President Trump’s bluff on renaming military bases
Republicans in Congress should join in defeating the chief executive’s veto threat against a crucial defense bill.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2020
Commentary: Trump’s legacy could be a more lenient immigration system
There is agreement that enforcement needs to improve, but it doesn’t have to be so brutal.
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