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Virginia school board restores Confederate names
The Raw Story· 4 days agoA Virginia school board voted Friday to restore the names of Civil War Southern generals to two schools, four years after they were removed following a...
As summer approaches, civil rights leader says Hampton Roads faces crime-based crisis
WAVY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoPORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The President of the Urban League of Hampton Roads had just returned from a...
Jan. 6, Senate matchups and party fights: What to watch in Tuesday's primaries
NBC News via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoVoters in West Virginia, Maryland and Nebraska head to the polls for primaries Tuesday, while North...
Civil rights leader Daisy Bates honored with statue at US Capitol
Colorado Springs Gazette· 7 days agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The late U.S. civil rights leader and journalist Daisy Bates, who was...
Anti-abortion activist who led a clinic blockade is sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison
WSB Radio· 12 hours agoLauren Handy, 30, was among several people convicted of federal civil rights offenses for blockading...
Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to two schools
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSchool board members in Virginia’s Shenandoah County voted early Friday to restore the names of two...
Virginia School District Votes to Re-Rename Schools After Confederate Officers
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 5 days agoHis office accused the schools of conducting “a thinly veiled attempt to incorporate the progressive...
Opinion: Restoring Confederate names on schools is a lesson in why symbols matter
CNN.com· 12 hours agoRogers Center for the Study of the Presidency at Vanderbilt University. In 2020, Virginia’s...
5 Races To Watch In West Virginia And Maryland On Tuesday
HuffPost· 20 hours agoA former U.S. Capitol police officer tries to overcome a wave of pro-Israel spending, while...
Despite wide opposition, all-white Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate school names
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIn a letter to the school board, the right-wing Coalition for Better Schools wrote, "We...