Since the death of George Floyd and widespread Black Lives Matter protests, Mainers – both children and adults – have been reading more about race.
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Rally draws more than 700 demonstrators to Lewiston to demand justice
Organizers said the peaceful Black Lives Matter protest, the third this week in the city, won’t be the last as they press for change following the death of a black man in Minneapolis.
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Brewer official charged with filing false report over racist posting about George Floyd
Thomas Morelli, who has resigned as deputy mayor, said he is ‘ashamed of my comments and behavior’ and acknowledged his participation in ‘Facebook trolling.’
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Members of Maine’s congressional delegation criticize Trump’s response to protests
Rep. Pingree says the president abused his power, while Sen. King lists ‘many things wrong’ and Sen. Collins says Trump’s use of force against D.C. protesters wasn’t justified. Rep. Jared Golden cautioned the president about deploying U.S. troops on American soil.
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U.S. cities erupt in more violence as Trump decries ‘lowlifes’
The president amplifies his hard-line calls of a day earlier, in which he threatened to send in the military to restore order if governors didn’t do it.
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Trump is threatening military action to quell protests, and a law could let him do it
The deployment of active-duty military personnel, particularly to states that may not want them, would represent a further escalation of Trump wielding his presidential powers.
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Newly released data suggest ‘alarming’ racial disparity among Maine’s COVID-19 cases
African Americans account for 1.7% of the state’s population but 3.7% of the state’s infections. The state CDC director says, ‘These disparities are concerning.’
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Kapow! Black artists break the comic book mold
Five African-American artists talked recently about making their way through the changing world of comic books.
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Kapow! Black artists break the comic book mold
Five African-American artists talked recently about making their way through the changing world of comic books.
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Bates focuses on social justice on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The Lewiston college community, with many area residents in attendance, eyes issues related to inequity and bias in everything from the college’s origin to children’s picture books.