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PublishedFebruary 23, 2021
160 Confederate symbols removed from public spaces in 2020
The Southern Poverty Law Center has been tracking a movement to take down the monuments since 2015, when a white supremacist entered a South Carolina church and killed several Black parishioners.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2021
Black sororities have stood at the forefront of Black achievement for more than a century
Members of the nation's four Black sororities, including Vice President Kamala Harris, commit to lifelong acts of service for their communities.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2021
GOP bills would protect drivers who hit protesters
Tumultuous demonstrations stir debate about what tactics are free speech and which go too far.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2021
What 2020 taught us about race and class in America
The events of 2020 challenged and changed our individual and collective identities as Americans.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2021
New Gloucester selectman facing recall quits at meeting
“I am done with everything concerning New Gloucester," said Selectman George Colby at Monday night's Board of Selectmen meeting.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2021
Report finds hate groups in U.S. declining, but migrating to online networks
The Southern Poverty Law Center, an Alabama-based organization that tracks racism and xenophobia, says it identified 838 active hate groups operating across the U.S. in 2020.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
How Martin Luther King Jr. Day feels different after ‘a year of revelation’
Black Lives Matter is likely the largest movement in American history. On the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the question is, what does it mean for Maine?
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2021
Proposal would replace statue of Confederate with civil rights leader John Lewis
The push to drop Alexander Stephens, a slave owner and vice president of the Confederacy in favor of Lewis, a Georgia congressman for 33 years, comes amid nationwide soul-searching over celebrations of the Confederacy.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2021
US Capitol protesters, egged on by Trump, are part of a long history of white supremacists hearing politicians’ words as encouragement
The protests that ended in the storming of the US Capitol included members of white supremacy groups, the latest example of such groups being encouraged by politicians to challenge government.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2021
Police response to Capitol insurrection proves double standard, Black Mainers say
They say the idle response of Capitol police, compared to the militarized show of force during last summer's social justice demonstrations, proves there are two sets of rules for confronting large crowds.
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