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Across racial lines, can we be friends?

May 31, 2022May 22, 2022 by Shay
drawing of multiracial hands in a circle

A few days ago, I was having a routine evening chat with my teen-aged daughter, and she was sharing how she has been targeted for racial harassment on certain social media sites since breaking up with her girlfriend. The young lady she had been dating was white; my kid is not. Despite the ex-girlfriend making …

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Categories Racial and Cultural, Relationships 1 Comment

The day before an election—musings on life and the campaign process

June 7, 2021 by Shay

In less than 24 hours as I write this, the polls will open up in Portland, Maine, and to say that I am nervous would be an understatement. I entered 2021 with two ideas kicking around in my head. One was to seriously consider running for a seat on our local Charter Commission. The other …

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Categories Activism, Commentary, Current Events, Relationships, World of Work

The last thing you need right now is a Thanksgrifting

November 25, 2020 by Guest Poster

If there’s one thing I’m not sweating this year, it’s inviting a bunch of grifters to my Thanksgiving table. Sure, they’re family, but they had their chance and now they’re dead to me. Not in a COVID way. In an “Uh, no, I will not pass this creamy bowl of mac and cheese because you, …

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Categories Commentary, Current Events, Relationships
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