WELLFLEET — Following months of racial reckoning inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this was supposed to be a big year for Wellfleet’s 18-year-old Martin Luther King Day observance […]
Black Lives Matter
#BLM
Fighting Racism With More Civic Engagement
At a peaceful protest, a call to go beyond policing reform
WELLFLEET — About 100 people marched from the pier to the First Congregational Church in support of the Black Lives Matter movement on Sept. 20. The crowd on Sunday was […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Summer of Our Discontent
Whose heart does not ache in these fearful times?
PROVINCETOWN — Nothing in life is perfect. I woke up this morning unrefreshed. The weather has been too damn hot, even at night. I ran out of full-strength coffee and […]
OP-ED
Walking the Cape Cod Camino
An exercise in reflecting on systemic racism in a privileged community
WELLFLEET — In the middle of the current racism pandemic, many of us who are not black or brown — who do not worry that our sons will be murdered […]
RACISM REPORT
Black Lives Matter Signs Provoke Vandals
Wellfleet police warn of ‘zero tolerance’ for spray painting
When Barbara Rushmore’s “Black Lives Matter” sign was stolen from in front of her house on Commercial Street in Provincetown’s East End around July 4th, she assumed that someone from […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
She’s Not Backing Down
At least three Outer Cape residents who chose to make a statement about racial justice have found their front yard “Black Lives Matter” signs stolen or defaced (see story on […]
OP-ED
Racial Inequity in Our Back Yard
Truro’s Cloverleaf project and the costs of systemic exclusion
TRURO — In early June, many Outer Cape Codders joined in our shared reckoning over the crisis of white supremacy and racial inequity in this country. After the protests, many […]
BOOK REVIEW
The Contrasts and Convergence of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
Penial Joseph’s The Sword and the Shield examines the titans of black power and civil rights
In 1972, James Baldwin wrote “The Shot That Echoes Still,” a painful and personal essay for Esquire magazine reflecting on the assassinations of Malcolm X in 1965 and Martin Luther […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 9, 2020
From Michael DeVasto, Meri Hartford, Laurie Veninger, Dianna Morton, Jennifer Weiner, and Jeannette Kinzer
Parking and Elitism in Wellfleet To the editor: Your letter from the editor in the July 2 issue misrepresents the intention and impact of the policy to restrict parking at […]
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Racism in My Body
Recognizing and weeding out a dangerous invasive
“Lock your door.” That was the first insidiously racist thing my body remembers hearing. There were other words, heard earlier. Subtle, belittling generalizations. Words that didn’t match up with what I knew […]
#BLM
Truro Marchers Plan New Protest
A quickly organized protest sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis drew about 15 people to the Children’s Garden in Truro last Sunday. The group […]
CIVICS
Moderator Defends FinCom Pick and Facebook Rants
Says FinCom’s Mark Hatch has a right to offend
PROVINCETOWN — David Panagore, the former town manager, has been appointed as an alternate on the finance committee, raising the ire of part-time resident taxpayers once again. Panagore, the town […]
BLACK LIVES MATTER
We Should Not Have to Be Afraid
Why sharing a black screen on Instagram isn’t enough
I am outraged and I am terrified. I am outraged by the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Breonna Taylor in Louisville, and so many other black American citizens. We […]
HUMAN RIGHTS
At Protests Here, There Is Solidarity
In a white corner of the country, a cry for justice ‘for those hurting now’
WELLFLEET — Protests against police brutality following the May 25 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis were not confined to America’s major cities. About 150 people marched through Wellfleet last […]
