Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes told jurors he is a patriotic American as he took the witness stand to defend himself against charges his far-right extremist group planned an armed rebellion at the U.S. Capitol.
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Twenty-one additional graves found in search for Tulsa Massacre victims
The massacre wiped out generational wealth, and victims were never compensated, but a pending lawsuit seeks reparations for the three remaining known survivors.
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Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
Parent says racism shouldn’t be tolerated before two Spruce Mountain High School students are expelled indefinitely
“No child of color or religious faith should be afraid to attend public school in this state or anywhere in the country,” Timothy “Tim” Walton of Livermore said.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News, Schools & Education
Two Spruce Mountain students expelled indefinitely
Livermore parent tells RSU 73 board that racism should not be tolerated.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston council passes amended resolution condemning white supremacy and ‘all forms of violence’
Mayor Carl Sheline said the amended version “watered down” his original resolution that was a direct response to the recent appearance of a neo-Nazi group in the city.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Franklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine, News
Two Livermore Falls teens charged with writing swastikas in Spruce Mountain High School bathrooms
Each is charged with criminal mischief and suspended from school.
Posted inNation / World
Libraries feel attacked — but not like the ‘freedom libraries’ of 1964
Censorship campaigns recall the much more violent attacks on freedom libraries for Black readers in the Deep South, which sometimes faced bombings and murders.
Posted inNational Sports, Opinion, Perspective
How the NFL blocks Black coaches
In 1989, the Los Angeles Raiders hired Art Shell, who became the first Black head coach in the modern history of the NFL. He is one of 191 people who have been head coaches in the three-plus decades since. A brief uptick of Black coaching hires in the mid-2000s provided hope that racial equity was […]
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Bates College’s baseball team once played the Ku Klux Klan (and won)
At least two New Engand baseball teams after the Civil War were named after the KKK, including one in Bangor
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
How we define ‘American’ in America
The US and other countries have a legal definition of citizenship, yet human psychology and identity politics result in ingrained biases over who truly belongs.