Keywords: Police violence
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George Floyd mural, Portland, 2020
Courtesy of Kathy Bolduc Amoroso, an individual partner Date: 2020-06-09 Location: Portland Media: Digital photograph
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Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine
BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.
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Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
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Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police
"Crimes of violence and serious property offenses were the responsibility of the Lincoln County Sheriff and his Deputies in Pownalborough until 1799…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police
"Brady, Public Enemy Number One, was surrounded by FBI agents, state and local police when he attempted to buy guns at a local sporting goods store."
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How the first chapter Veterans for Peace was founded in Maine
by Doug Rawlings
Veterans for Peace was founded in Maine and is now an international movement
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An Asian American Account
by Zabrina
An account from a Chinese American teen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
