The Hallowell city councilor says he looks around and sees “that today’s inequities are based not solely on the color of one’s skin, but are steeped in regionalism, culture, sexual orientation, political affiliation and economic status, to name a few.”
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Bill Burney: We can ‘come together again by working side by side and not working side against side’
The former mayor of Augusta and retired field officer director for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said by building up the infrastructure of the country — together — that will be the “soul force” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. talked about in his speech.
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Shukri Abdirahman: The work can’t stop until ‘all people are treated equally’
The Lewiston resident and University of Farmington student responds to the question in King’s “I Have a Dream” speech: When will you be satisfied?
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Local residents respond to D.C. Capitol demonstration
Franklin County community members offer their first-impressions to last week’s demonstration at the D.C. Capitol.
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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.
Posted inMaine, News
Black Lives Matter Maine stages rally at Portland police station
More than 70 people turn out as part of a national campaign to protest police brutality.
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Demonstrators in Portland decry police brutality in wake of Breonna Taylor case
They listened to speakers in Lincoln Park and chanted as they marched through the Old Port and along Congress Street to Deering Oaks.
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Prosecutor didn’t recommend homicide charges to grand jury in Breonna Taylor’s killing
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron says he won’t block the release of grand jury recordings.
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Members of Black Lives Matter Maine protest in Portland
More than 200 people demanding justice for Breonna Taylor demonstrate outside the police station.
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Superintendent backs Deering High principals over Breonna Taylor tweet
Their statement expressing outrage over a grand jury’s decision not to indict police for the Louisville woman’s death met backlash on social media.