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Hate rides again, or KKK flyers in Maine

May 23, 2017November 7, 2016 by Shay

Yesterday, a Maine-based reader informed me that a friend had woken up to a flyer from the KKK in her driveway and was aghast. I can’t say that I would blame her; if I found a flyer from the KKK in my alley, I too would be pretty damn bothered.  Between the time I received …

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Categories Current Events, Maine, Racial and Cultural Tags bigotry, hate, KKK in Maine

Comparable pain and comparable worth, or We need to pay attention to ‘No DAPL’

May 7, 2020October 31, 2016 by Shay

If you’re a longtime reader of this blog, or even a recent reader who’s binged on my past posts, you realize that while a huge amount of my content here is around race (specifically with regard to Black people), that’s not the only social issue on my mind. This is even more clear if you …

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Categories Current Events Tags Standing Rock

Toe-may-toe, toe-mah-toe; Authoritarian, authoritative

May 23, 2017October 18, 2016 by Shay

I’d love not to talk about my state’s governor, Paul LePage, and simply let him disappear into history…preferably the dung heap portion of it, but given that he’s a bit of a mini-Trump and has done nothing good for Maine’s image, politics or future, I need to bring him up as a warning for why …

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