Maine Voices: What ‘Uncle Tom’ means to Sen. Scott
Progressives who call the senator ‘Uncle Tim’ should read a celebrated play in which the slur illustrates the high stakes of putting a Black man down.
By Tess ChakkalakalSpecial to the Press Herald
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Shortly after Sen. Tim Scott’s rebuttal to President Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress, which aired April 30, Twitter blew up.
The president spoke about his plan for America’s economic recovery after months of lockdowns and rising unemployment. In the Republican rebuttal to Biden’s address, Sen. Scott exposed the ways in which the president failed to deliver on his many of his promises.
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LEWISTON Crisscrossing the globe to tell the news stories she believes are “most important,” award-winning broadcast journalist Cynthia McFadden was home again Thursday in the Twin Cities to share stories about her ascendant career and humble beginnings.
The senior legal and investigative correspondent for NBC News who reports on human rights abuse and national security, among other top line issues, was featured on a Zoom videoconference version of the Great Falls Forum, hosted by the Lewiston Public Library.
McFadden grew up in Auburn with her adoptive parents and attended Edward Little High School where she won the Maine State Debate Championship in her junior year, which came with a scholarship to Bates College in Lewiston.
Dr. Scott Gordon will become the next dean of the College of Nursing and Health Professions at Arkansas State University, Chancellor Kelly Damphousse announces.
In a poem personal yet universal, Maine poet unites
At the second inaugural of President Barack Obama, Richard Blanco of Bethel follows in the footsteps of Robert Frost and Maya Angelou, championing the American experience.
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The poem that was read aloud Monday at President Obama’s second inauguration was deeply personal to the Maine poet who wrote it, scholars said, but its theme was universal: This country offers tremendous possibility, yet its real greatness stems from the unity of its citizenry.
Richard Blanco, a little-known poet from Bethel in western Maine, was elevated to the national stage when he was selected to be Obama’s inaugural poet. He is only the fifth poet to compose an original piece for an inauguration.