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PublishedJanuary 1, 2023
Maine Voices: Looking back on 150 years of Emancipation Day celebrations in Portland
Old newspaper reports show us that celebrations of Black freedom and Black activism have a long history in Maine.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2022
New biography of Jefferson makes this case: To know the man, read his writing
'His Masterly Pen' tackles head-on one of the former president's central contradictions: How could he declare that all men are created equal and that slavery is immoral and still be a slaveholder?
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PublishedDecember 3, 2022
Commentary: What Haiti needs is respect and democracy
A Nov. 15 Bloomberg editorial called only for police order, with nary a word about free elections or respect for Haitian independence.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
The Maine Millennial: What if we had a monarch of our own?
A head of state, as opposed to a head of government, could be a useful outlet for a variety of energies.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2022
Black History Month: Remembering Dr. King, his circle and the challenges of 1968
A journalist who met Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights leader’s last campaigns encountered him at a complicated time.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2022
Commentary: Whoopi Goldberg got it all wrong on the Holocaust. But if she can learn, we all can
Suspended for her misinformed comments, ‘The View’ co-host gives us all one model for how to go about changing our perceptions.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2021
Collard greens: From down South to Down East
Some days, it is easy being green.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2021
Maine Voices: July Fourth weekend standoff should raise awareness of ‘sovereign citizen’ threat
Rise of the Moors, arrested en route to Maine, is just one of many unauthorized paramilitary entities in the U.S.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2021
The Maine Millennial: Historical reckoning begins at home
We can’t change what happened in the past, but that doesn’t mean we should ignore it, my own family history shows.
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PublishedJune 23, 2021
Maine Voices: The Tulsa Race Massacre is America’s own Tiananmen Square
We too have buried both bodies and the truth. Only when we admit our past can we stand with the victims of other nations.
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