Last week, Democratic candidate Ben Chin beat Robert Macdonald, the Republican incumbent two-term mayor, but not by enough to avert a runoff. Although issues such as a proposed pay-per-bag trash fee reared up in the campaign, one of the biggest sources of contention was public assistance for asylum seekers from Africa, who continue to join […]
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These Maine counties are getting more diverse
It’s been predicted that by 2050, the vast majority of Americans will be multiracial. In 2000, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that 6.8 million people identified as more than one race. That figure had increased to nearly 32 percent — 9 million — in 2010. In some cities, this evolution may take some time, as […]
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L. Hoy: Diversity used as a weapon
Michael Nadeau recently suggested that people “… learn about the value of diversity” (July 8). Diversity as an ideal would appear to be a goal for liberal manipulators of American culture; it is not. Diversity is, instead, a weapon liberals use against American culture. The ideal of diversity once moved this nation to fight a […]