7 min ‘My door is open’: Portland’s first JDEI director eager to have conversations with everybody "I think creating a platform to be able to have a dialogue is very important. It’s key." ByGeorges Budagu MakokoJune 4, 2023 Read More
3 min Column: Compassion, creativity needed in housing crisis For approximately 1,000 asylum seekers currently living in motels, emergency supplemental housing assistance provided by the Maine Housing Authority is due to expire June 30. ByGeorges Budagu MakokoMay 7, 2023 Read More
2 min About 100 asylum-seekers arrived in Sanford last week. The city says it can’t take any more. The new arrivals began coming to Sanford at the beginning of the week. “It was very quick," one city official said. ByDavid DahlMay 7, 2023 Read More
2 min The history of Pedro Tovookan Parris and an interview with Junes Thete Episode 2 tells how a Paris Hill man connected Maine to the complexities of slave trade. ByGenius BlackMay 6, 2023 Read More
1 min In The Pocket with Angela Okafor: Let’s talk about Black hair culture This hour long episode covers Black hair culture — from its versatility to how it can be oppressed in the U.S. ByFlo EdwardsApril 30, 2023 Read More
8 min Wabanaki sovereignty would benefit all Maine residents, study finds The consistent underdevelopment of the Wabanaki tribes in Maine has risen to the level of UN human rights violations, argues a Harvard scholar. ByLura JacksonApril 29, 2023 Read More
3 min Lewiston police investigate a resident’s encounter with officer The incident was captured on video and has been distributed widely on social media. ByEmily BaderApril 24, 2023 Read More