Health experts have warned of a looming mental health crisis – but doctors and researchers say the issues reverberate deeper among Black people.
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Posted inNation / World
Homeland Security gets new role under Trump monument order
Now it is in the role of supporting Trump’s law-and-order campaign, raising questions about overstepping the duties of local law enforcement.
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Posted inNational Sports, New England Patriots, Sports
Patriots’ Julian Edelman hopes anti-Semitic posts become teaching moment, start ‘uncomfortable conversations’
New England Patriots receiver says, “There’s no room for anti-Semitism in this world,” and that he hopes social media posts by Philadelphia Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson can be a teaching moment for him and others.
Posted inMaine
Maine’s official island registry removed for review after illegal, racist names discovered
Three Maine islands officially have a horrible racial slur in their name 43 years after the state banned it. Two incorporate a Native American slur banned for 19 years.
Posted inNation / World
New York City mayor helps paint Black Lives Matter in front of Trump Tower
Trump responded via Twitter that the mural would denigrate “this luxury Avenue” and “further antagonize New York’s Finest.”
Posted inNational Sports, Sports
Stephen Jackson says DeSean Jackson is ‘speaking the truth,’ adds anti-Semitic claims of his own
“He don’t hate nobody, but he’s speaking the truth of the facts that he knows, and trying to educate others,” Jackson said.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston City Council approves resolution on police body cameras
The resolution was drafted in response to a letter from the police patrol union that requested the city fund body cameras.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, National Sports, Sports
Boston Red Sox dogged by claims of racism and sexual abuse
The team’s recent statement about fighting racism rings hollow for several Black men who have spent years trying to get the Red Sox to listen to their claims that they were sexually abused by former clubhouse manager Donald Fitzpatrick.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston mayor announces appointments to equity and diversity committee
The ad hoc committee will review the process by which public complaints against police officers and other city employees are investigated, among other goals.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Facebook CEO to meet with civil rights groups as hundreds of companies join ad boycott
Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg placed the meetings in the context of ongoing protests and calls to root out racism in the United States.