Only New Hampshire has a higher rate of people saying they rarely or never attend services.
Diversity
The importance of family and the costs of a slow asylum process
Joyous college graduations of Maine’s immigrant students remind us of the slow reunification process that many families endure.
Transcript: Maine Reckoning podcast with two students from Portland
“If you want change, if you want something to happen, you have to say something about it. You can’t just expect for it to happen.”
Maine Reckoning: student activists Ruby and Ellis Jenkins-Henry
Maine Reckoning reflects on the lives of Black Mainers since the George Floyd murder, asking a key question: Has anything changed? Episode three features Portland students Ruby and Ellis Jenkins-Henry.
The Ukraine war retraumatizes many immigrants who have come to Maine
Georges Budagu Makoko says many of the people who have immigrated to Maine in the last 50 years were fleeing “devastating violence,” like that being experienced in Ukraine.
Maine Reckoning: Portland newsmaker Jill Duson
Maine Reckoning reflects on the lives of Black Mainers since the George Floyd murder, asking a key question: Has anything changed? Episode two features Jill Duson, a respected, long-time leader in Portland government, social policy and politics. ‘It’s important to take action, not credit,’ Duson says.
Conversations from the Pointed Firs: Former Abbe Museum Director Chris Newell
Chris Newell joins host Peter Neill for an episode that will evoke the spirit of Maine as seen through the history of the native people who lived here since the beginning.
Keeping a culture alive, one drumbeat at a time
The Thunder Women of the Passamaquoddy tribe aren’t just honoring ancestors, they’re healing their community and themselves.
Maine Reckoning: Our first podcast explores Black lives in Maine a year after the murder of George Floyd
Episode one features Dustin Ward, a racial justice and reconciliation advocate who also serves on the New Gloucester town select board.
Chasing Maine: Indomitable Spirit
Fabi and Fartun have shown remarkable strength and fortitude as they pursue their goal of graduation and becoming nurses.
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