Tag Archives: racial inequality

COVID-19 demands ethical, as well as scientific, decisions

This article, by Jessica Miller, Erika Ziller and Katherine Weatherford Darling of the University of Maine, University of Southern Maine and University of Maine at Augusta and was originally published on the Bangor Daily News opinion page on August 25, 2020. The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting […]

Race, protest and democracy in America

This article by Ryan LaRochelle of the University of Maine at Farmington was originally published on the Bangor Daily News opinion page on June 30, 2020. In a few days, Americans will celebrate the Fourth of July. In 1852, the Ladies Anti-Slavery Society of Rochester, New York, invited abolitionist Frederick Douglass to give a speech on the […]