Two Livermore Falls teens charged with writing swastikas in Spruce Mountain High School bathrooms

Each is charged with criminal mischief and suspended from school.

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.

How the NFL blocks Black coaches

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

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.

White supremacists riling up thousands of followers on social media

They are building thriving, macho communities across social media platforms such as Instagram, Telegram and TikTok.

Will social media companies crack down on the racist conspiracy theory behind the Buffalo massacre?

In the past, the major social media companies have cited a clear connection to real-world violence as an impetus for cracking down on specific categories of extremist speech.

Here’s what we know about the victims of the Buffalo grocery store shooting

Mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters were targeted for the color of their skin, gone in a hail of bullets at their neighborhood grocery store.

Lawmakers urged to prohibit discrimination based on natural hairstyles

Black Mainers seek assurance they can style their often tightly curled hair as needed without risking a penalty in school or on the job.

Three men convicted of federal hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery killing

Prosecutors showed roughly two dozen text messages and social media posts in which Travis McMichael and Bryan used racist slurs and made derogatory comments about Black people.