We need a more representative, diverse Maine Human Rights Commission. Gov. Janet Mills has an opportunity to begin to address this issue with her next appointment. The question is: Will she take it?
Last month, when announcing the decision to dedicate $50,000 in funding to support the work of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations, the governor observed that Maine has a “[p]ainful history of racism dating back generations and our state is not i...