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Jun 25 2015
Opinion
OPINION: Taking down the Confederate flag must nott obscure the South's vile history
Removing a symbol of the antebellum South is only the first step in undoing the legacy of violent racism.
Washington PostMay 14 2014
News
Senate Democrats Grill Obama Judicial Nominee On Abortion, Gay Rights, Confederate Flag
One of President Barack Obama's most beleaguered judicial nominees, Michael Boggs, finally got his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. And it wasn't pretty.
One by one, for nearly two hours, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee laid into Boggs over his record on gay rights, civil rights and abortion. Progressive groups have been doing as much for months, given Boggs' track
HuffPostJun 10 2020
Headline Roundup
Trump Denies Calls to Rename Military Bases Memorializing Confederates
Calls to rename military bases commemorating Confederate leaders were met with a resounding no from President Donald Trump Wednesday. The debate and ensuing decision have seemingly pitted social and racial justice causes against those who advocate for the societal value of historical preservation. Statues of Confederates and other controversial historical figures have been the focus of similar
Slate The Atlantic Fox News (Online News)Jul 10 2015
Headline Roundup
Confederate Flag Comes Down in SC
Washington Times Politico New York Times (News)Feb 06 2024
Opinion
Why Utah leaders just rejected a valuable Bears Ears land swap
Utah stood to gain valuable land and mineral resources from the federal government in exchange for state lands within the controversial Bears Ears National Monument. Now, state leaders said that the deal is off. Gov. Spencer Cox, Senate President Stuart Adams and House Speaker Mike Schultz said Tuesday in a statement that the federal government has pushed forward a management plan for the
The Salt Lake TribuneFeb 18 2024
News
Alexei Navalny: US and UK ambassadors to Russia lay tributes
The US and UK ambassadors to Moscow have laid flowers to honour Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in prison on Friday. Pictures showed a growing pile of flowers left for Navalny at the Solovetsky Stone - a monument to political repression that has become a major site of tributes for the 47-year-old. "Today at the Solovetsky Stone we mourn the death of Alexei Navalny and
BBC NewsFeb 17 2024
News
'Don't give up': World mourns loss of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny
People gather to pay homage to Alexei Navalny on Dam Square in Amsterdam on February 17, 2024, one day after Russian officials announced the death of the Kremlin's most prominent critic. Russian officials announced the 47-year-old had died on February 16 in an Arctic prison, a month before an election poised to extend President Vladimir Putin's hold on power. REMKO DE WAAL, ANP/AFP Via Getty
"USA Today" ContributorFeb 17 2024
News
More than 350,000 North Carolinians have enrolled in Medicaid since December 1
RALEIGH — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra joined Gov. Roy Cooper and N.C. Health and Human Services Secretary Kody H. Kinsley in Raleigh Friday for a Medicaid expansion roundtable with beneficiaries and providers. Together they discussed the monumental impact Medicaid expansion is having for the more than 350,000 individuals who are now enrolled in the program since it
Iredell Free NewsOct 07 2019
News
Teacher Allegedly Displays Graphic Saying Confederate Flag Means ‘You Intend To Marry Your Sister’
A Georgia teacher allegedly showed a Powerpoint image of a Confederate flag to the teacher’s classroom accompanied by a caption reading, “A sticker you put on the back of your pickup truck to announce that you intend to marry your sister. Think of it like a white trash ‘Save the Date’ card.”
That teacher has been placed on administrative leave.
The Daily WireDec 18 2023
News
Memorial to Confederacy in final days at Arlington
ARLINGTON, Va. -- A Confederate memorial is to be removed from Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia in the coming days, part of the push to remove symbols that commemorate the Confederacy from military-related facilities, a cemetery official said Saturday. The decision ignores a recent demand from more than 40 Republican congressmen that the Pentagon suspend efforts to dismantle
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette