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Confederate names make comeback, triggering lawsuits
The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA Virginia school district was sued this week after it restored Confederate military names for two buildings, foreshadowing a broader battle that is...
230-192: A GOP-sponsored effort to restore a Confederate monument to Arlington National Cemetery...
The Recount via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe monument, first constructed in 1914 and removed in 2023, depicts a Black woman tending to the...
A Virginia school board restored Confederate names. Now the NAACP is suing.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe Virginia NAACP has filed a lawsuit, claiming that the restoration of confederate names on two schools will negatively impact Black students' educations.
House GOP leaders, Rep. Donalds vote to reinstall Confederate memorial
Washington Post· 3 days agoNearly 200 House Republicans voted Thursday to reinstall a Confederate memorial at Arlington...
Is the post office closed on Juneteenth? Here's what's open on Wednesday.
13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads· 10 hours agoMany Americans will celebrate Juneteenth on Wednesday, June 19, commemorating the day when the last...
The sometimes amusing, sometimes troubled history of Utah's school mascots
KSL Salt Lake City· 21 hours agoTake a look at the evolution of some school mascots in Utah over the years. Before there was Cosmo —...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 2 hours agoTennessee passed a law in 2018 to create a monument for “victims of abortion.” Five years later, the monument has yet to materialize, and the private fund for the so-called “Monument to Unborn ...
How the US revoked land grants to Black Americans
Mother Jones· 6 hours agoFour days after Easter Sunday, a group of about 10 Confederate spies bedded down for the night at a South Carolina cotton plantation. For days the spies,...
Indiana House Republicans want Confederate Memorial reinstalled at Arlington National Cemetery
The Times of Northwest Indiana· 2 days agoThe seven Republicans representing Indiana in the U.S. House each voted in favor of a plan to...
Louisiana Congressional Republicans back failed plan to return racist statue to Arlington Cemetery
New Orleans Times-Picayune· 6 hours agoHouse Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise last week led the rest of Louisiana’s...