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Black Lives Matter

Published
July 27, 2021

Investigation of 2020 protest says police responded with restraint

The report found that most of the attendees were there to peacefully protest and concluded that police made arrests "sparingly" and used force only on protesters who had turned violent.
Published
June 11, 2021

Pulitzer Prizes awarded for coverage of pandemic, racial injustice protests

The Associated Press and The New York Times each won two Pulitzers, the most prestigious prize in journalism, first awarded in 1917.
Published
May 25, 2021

Rallies, moments of silence mark year since George Floyd’s death

Floyd's death was captured by a bystander on a wrenching video that galvanized the racial justice movement and continues to ripple a year later.
Published
May 25, 2021

Lawmakers may limit use of facial recognition software by police in Maine

A bill sponsored by Rep. Grayson Lookner, D-Portland, would limit police use of facial recognition technology to investigations of only the most serious crimes.
Published
May 25, 2021

Our View: A police killing that changed history

A new generation of activists emerged after George Floyd’s murder.

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Published
April 15, 2021

Immigrants in Maine could regain access to health care benefits

Legislation sponsored by Assistant House Majority Leader Rachel Talbot Ross of Portland would roll back a 2011 change that prohibited non-citizens from receiving state Medicaid benefits.
Published
April 14, 2021

Defense expert blames George Floyd’s death on heart trouble

The testimony contradicts prosecution experts who said the Black man succumbed to a lack of oxygen from the way he was pinned down by then-police Officer Derek Chauvin.
Published
April 13, 2021

Defense expert says Minneapolis officer was justified in pinning down George Floyd

A former Santa Rosa, California, police officer also appeared to endorse what prosecution witnesses have said is a common misconception: that if someone can talk, he or she can breathe.
Published
April 13, 2021

More than 40 arrested overnight amid unrest over Minnesota man shot by police

Washington County Attorney Pete Orput promised a 'thorough yet expedited' review of the case with the hope that the office can have criminal charges drafted Tuesday or Wednesday.
Published
April 7, 2021

Target pledges to spend $2 billion on products, services from Black-owned businesses

Target said it will also step up partnerships with other Black-owned companies in areas such as marketing, construction and facilities management.