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PublishedJanuary 27, 2023
Tyre Nichols video shows brutal 3-minute beating by police
Rallies were planned Friday night in Memphis; Boston; Chicago; Detroit; New York City; Portland, Oregon; and Washington.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2022
Little by little, the Legislature is becoming more diverse
With the swearing in of newly elected representatives and senators next month, the Maine Legislature will include a total of five members who are Black.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2022
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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PublishedOctober 28, 2022
Appeal filed to remove controversial books from Jay high school library
A committee previously reviewed the books and recommended they stay in the library.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2022
Whites are now more likely to die from covid than Blacks. Here’s why the pandemic shifted.
As the pandemic progressed, the damage done by the coronavirus broadened, and the toxicity of modern-day politics came to the fore.
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PublishedApril 21, 2022
Federal appeals court upholds ruling allowing a prosecutor to dismiss a juror of color
The judge writing the opinion for the court said the trial judge had "erred" but that the Maine Supreme Judicial Court had correctly upheld the conviction of the Lewiston man, though the case was 'troubling.'
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PublishedApril 9, 2022
Bates College accused of racial discrimination by its former football coach
Malik Hall, replaced as coach last year, filed a civil rights lawsuit last week against the elite Lewiston college that once employed him
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PublishedMarch 14, 2022
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.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2022
Attorney for 3 officers charged in George Floyd killing says Chauvin called ‘all of the shots’
Prosecutors accused the men of standing by as fellow Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin 'slowly killed George Floyd right in front of them.'
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2022
Supreme Court to hear challenge to affirmative action in college admissions
The conservative-dominated Supreme Court added another blockbuster case to a term with abortion, guns, religion and COVID-19 on the agenda.
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