maine history
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2020
Maine Voices: Time for renewal of Black-Jewish unity against bigotry
In Maine and across the U.S., both communities need to remember their historic cooperation in demanding that America live up to its promise of equality for all.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2020
Maine Bicentennial: Portland
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PublishedAugust 23, 2020
Maine Voices: Diverse ‘Hamilton’ leaves Native narrative out of America’s story
The exclusion is disappointing, but the musical – now a movie – does offer room for discussion of this land’s original owners and our legacy.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2020
Insight: Getting our house in order
Black lives won't matter until we answer for the sins of slavery.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2020
Maine Voices: Kamala Harris graduated from university founded by Maine man
Union Gen. Oliver Otis Howard saw education for former slaves as the best way to ensure they could be informed voters.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2020
Bedside Table: A Maine Spiritualist camp drew thousands in its early 20th-century heyday
“The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Mediums, and Legends of Camp Etna” by Mira Ptacin. 218 pages. Liveright/Norton. $26.95
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PublishedAugust 4, 2020
Capt. Brian LeFebvre: Birthday is time to recognize Coast Guard’s key role in coastal Maine
Amid today’s pandemic-driven challenges, our can-do service culture – much like Maine’s Dirigo-rooted mentality – keeps us going.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2020
Maine Suffrage Centennial: Women’s fight for equal rights continues today
The National Woman's Party led the fight for the 19th Amendment 100 years ago, but the work is not finished.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2020
Maine Bicentennial: Portland
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PublishedJune 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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