A part-time South Thomaston resident uses funds from his nonprofits to mount lawsuits over universities’ race-based considerations.
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Maine Voices: Wells game shows institutionalized racism needs to be put behind us
Now is the time for education, communication, and understanding our shared humanity.
Maine Voices: Increased diversity will drive both change and renewal here in Maine
The question for white Mainers is whether they will embrace that fact or allow hatred to divide them.
Maine Voices: Coverage of Pride parade a disservice to those who face discrimination
It may come as a surprise, but there’s actually more to politics these days than being explicitly anti-Trump.
Turbulent drama about cultural identity opens Friday at Portland Stage
The theater company gives the audience time to talk about difficult issues raised in the Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Disgraced.’
If Gov. LePage really meant his apology, he will stop making racially divisive remarks
There’s almost always a link between divisive, racially charged rhetoric and policies that hurt working class people and people of color.
LePage should apologize to African-Americans who fought for freedom
The governor’s notion of American freedom as merely white man’s history is disturbing and dangerous.
Charges coming in Chicago beating aired on Facebook, police say
A police spokesman says investigators believe the victim was targeted because he has 'special needs,' not because he is white.
African-Americans gather for workshops on police relations
At hundreds of seminars around the country, people learn how to respond if confronted by law enforcement.
We must recall lessons of Japanese internment, lest we repeat tragedy
It was wrong to round up Japanese-Americans 75 years ago, and today’s Muslims are no different.