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Yarmouth police investigate racial slur painted on road

by Matt Byrne November 9, 2020November 10, 2020

Someone scrawled a racial slur for Black people, lewd images and the word ‘trump’ on the pavement on Talbot Road sometime between Saturday evening and Sunday morning.

Nation / World

Election emerges as referendum on race relations in America

by KAT STAFFORD October 30, 2020October 30, 2020

An unprecedented convergence of three crises has disproportionately affect people of color — the coronavirus pandemic, joblessness and police brutality.

Perspective, Politics

The Electoral College benefits whiter states

by William Blake October 25, 2020October 21, 2020

With a Supreme Court ruling rejecting one of the founders’ two reasons for creating the Electoral College, only one reason remains: racism.

Maine, News

Black Lives Matter Maine stages rally at Portland police station

by Dennis Hoey October 22, 2020October 22, 2020

More than 70 people turn out as part of a national campaign to protest police brutality.

Nation / World

Self-proclaimed militia also planned to kidnap Virginia Gov. Northam

by DAVID EGGERT and KATHERINE FOODY October 13, 2020October 13, 2020

The conspirators have already been charged in an plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Perspective

The racist roots of the dog whistle

by Adam R. Shapiro October 11, 2020October 12, 2020

Here’s how we came to label the coded language

Perspective

Donald Trump built a career on magic words. The spell is breaking now.

by Elizabeth Spiers October 11, 2020October 11, 2020

President Donald Trump believes that all politics is theater, and theater of a very specific sort: television. This is no surprise, since television is his comfort zone. It’s the only area of his professional life where he’s demonstrated any actual success. On “The Apprentice,” Trump was not a failed Queens casino operator with a string […]