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13 of 13 Colby College graduates toss their caps into the air Sunday morning after receiving their diplomas in front of Miller Library during the college's 200th commencement, on Mayflower Hill in Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel WATERVILLE — Light rain Sunday morning could not dampen the excitement of Colby College’s 200th commencement. Even as clouds rolled in and the ceremony was moved up 15 minutes, the feeling of celebration was palpable on Mayflower Hill in Waterville as speakers emphasized unity and perseverance during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  As is tradition, C...

When people rose up a year ago against the murder of George Floyd and other Black Americans  killed by police, it reignited a racial justice movement in Oregon and across the world with calls for change in every corner of our communities.  Schools were specifically challenged for perpetuating racism through whitewashed and incomplete histories and were called on to play a new role: to teach the next generation to be anti-racist.  Many local schools during the protests acknowledged the continued presence of racism and pledged against it, saying they would “do the work” to confront...

W. Kamau Bell: Until those in power act right, I'll see you in the streets CNN 1 hr ago Opinion by W. Kamau Bell © Nathan Howard/Getty Images PORTLAND, OR - JULY 23: More than a thousand protesters march past Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse as part of ongoing protests against racial injustice and police brutality on July 23, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. Thursday night marked 57 days of protests in Portland following the death of George Floyd in police custody. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images) After jumping into the deep end of policing in America, and then jumping int...

Of course, Jordan came to the House in 1973 with certain advantages. Her reputation as the first black woman elected to Congress from the South preceded her. And while there were dozens of look-alike white male fresh­men, no one was likely to confuse Bar­bara Jordan with anyone else. Still, it was another black woman—Yvonne Braithwaite Burke of Los Angeles—who was singled out as the real star; Burke had been temporary chairman of the 1972 Democratic Convention and her picture, not Jordan’s, dominated the women’s pages. Burke and Jordan were the two fledgling Democrats singled out by...

Poet Richard Blanco to speak at Colby College’s 200th commencement ceremonies May 23 The speaker at baccalaureate ceremonies May 22 will be higher education authority Charles Terrell who, along with Erin French, owner of the Lost Kitchen restaurant in Freedom, Nobel Prize winning geneticist and chronobiologist Michael Rosbach and Theresa Secord, award-winning Penobscot basket maker and founding director of Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance, will receive honorary doctorates. Photo by Jacob Hessler WATERVILLE — Poet Richard Blanco will deliver the commencement address May 23 at Colby Coll...