The new executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine is a former executive director of the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League.
Arthur Padilla, who prefers the personal pronouns he, him, and they, also worked on prison reform and led a young adult shelter, according to a press release. He takes over Monday, November 7.
Geoff Diehl and Leah Cole Allen know what some outside observers are saying about the Massachusetts governor's race.
They've seen the polls that have them behind and the stories in the mainstream media saying that attorney general Maura Healey and Salem mayor Kim Driscoll are favored to win the election Tuesday. But at the same time, they see parallels between the race they're running and the upset U.S. Senate victory of Scott Brown.
