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Law and Government
Remains of Confederate general and wife dug up from their burial site, moved
One of the most stirring moments in Ken Burns's excellent documentary on the Civil War was his treatment of the…
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Education
Professors wrongly suspended for Halloween costumes at the University of South Alabama
A state college cannot suspend or fire a professor for wearing such costumes to a Halloween party, without violating due…
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Law and Government
Ocasio-Cortez: ‘White supremacist sympathizers sit at heart of GOP caucus’
In case you missed it, the newest game inside Congress is who can say the dumbest thing that keeps alive…
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Law and Government
Maryland leaders pushing to eliminate ‘Confederate-sympathizing’ state song
'The challenge has been in the past acknowledging our history while also wanting to fix it and remove the offensive…
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Politics
Over half of Americans oppose removing Confederate statues, WaPo poll finds
Nearly 62% of white people say minorities do not receive equal treatment as white people in the criminal justice system,…
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Politics
Should the anarchists run out of things to deface or tear down, here a few more targets
Black Lives Matter appears to be making progress on the statue defacement and renaming fronts. They still have yet to…
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Politics
I don’t care what you stood for. If you’ve got a statue, it’s coming down
Maybe supporters of the mayhem will find some rationalization for the act. They might note, for example, that Jean Pond…
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Law and Government
BLM protesters tear down statue of Ulysses Grant
Grant's contributions to black freedom were so great that he was celebrated by the black abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
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Politics
Flashback: Biden praises ‘Daughters of the Confederacy’ as ‘many fine people’
During his tirade last week directed at an 83-year-old Iowan who had dared to broach the topic of his son…
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Politics
Ga. gubernatorial candidate who said ‘blue will’ include illegals admits to burning state flag
The Times's effort to put a happy spin on this event notwithstanding, a poll from 2015 reveals that 57% of…
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