racism
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PublishedNovember 10, 2021
Defendant told police he trapped Ahmaud Arbery `like a rat’ before fatal shooting
Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael armed themselves and chased Arbery in a pickup truck after they spotted him running in their Georgia neighborhood on Feb. 23, 2020.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2021
Taking the stand, Rittenhouse says, ‘I didn’t do anything wrong. I defended myself’
The teenager is on trial on charges of killing two men and wounding a third during a night of protests last year in Kenosha, Wis.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2021
Leonard Pitts: ‘Blonde hair white skin’ did work in Jan. 6 rioter’s favor
Jenna Ryan predicted she wouldn’t be jailed. She was wrong – but that doesn't undercut her point about color-coded justice.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2021
Defendant charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery changed his story, police say
The man who initiated the chase that ended in Ahmaud Arbery's death rapidly changed his story to police on why he suspected Arbery was a criminal.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2021
Jury selection begins in trial for Charlottesville white nationalist rally’s planners
A civil trial in Charlottesville, Virginia will determine whether white nationalists who planned the so-called “Unite the Right” rally will be held responsible for the violence.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2021
Portland school board and administrators are working to achieve equity for all
The inequities discussed in a recent opinion piece have been a major focus of school leadership.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2021
Maine Voices: Picturing Macon Bolling Allen – the mysterious disappearance of a trailblazer’s portrait
The nation’s first Black lawyer was admitted to the bar in Maine. The fate of a ‘fine oil painting’ of him, once housed at the Cumberland County Courthouse, is unknown.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2021
Councilor Tae Chong: Portland Public Schools shortchanging Black students, those in poverty
Progressive school leaders have taken funding away from the most vulnerable and failed to focus on the issues of Black and brown youth.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2021
Leonard Pitts: You can starve an ideal for only so long before you kill it
On Biden’s watch, images of Border Patrol agents running down Haitian migrants are both appalling and disappointing.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2021
Two teenage girls charged with violating Maine Civil Rights Act in racist spray-painting incident
The girls, both from Bangor, are suspected of painting racial slurs on the car of a Pakistani-American and person of color.
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