On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Bates College urges renewed focus on racial justice

Activist Angela Davis kicked off a daylong, online session of events aimed at confronting historical injustice and pressing for progress.

Photo Album: Monday moves on after morning mash up

A chain-reaction crash may have slowed things down Monday morning, but people (and ducks) kept moving around Androscoggin County throughout the day.

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Kudos: Lewiston Youth Council opens up about pandemic isolation

A new photo series from the group of Lewiston high school students hopes to bring awareness to the mental health of young people during the pandemic.

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Charles Nero: King’s vision realized when all can sing ‘My county ’tis of thee sweet land of liberty’

"When (King) refers to, 'My country tis of thee,' he's calling on that tradition, America's hymn, that African Americans must be included in America for their freedom and democracy and justice to have meaning,” the Bates College professor said.

Spencer Emerson: ‘Part of Dr. King’s words are coming to life’

L-A native, teacher and football coach says, however, the American Dream in King's speech will be difficult to attain until the great disparity in each American's "starting point" is addressed.

Leslie Hill: The context of ‘freedom’ has shifted since the 1960s

Leslie Hill, the now-retired professor emerita of politics at Bates College in Lewiston, saw Dr. King speak when she was 13. She spoke to the Sun Journal about what the climax to King's 'I Have a Dream' speech meant, and its reverberations today.

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?

Given months to live, Lewiston mom is ‘not ready to leave’

Jacklyn Ann Holt is battling cervical cancer that has spread to other areas.