White supremacist revisionist history has been leaping off the page in elementary schools across the country lately. Just in the last couple months (and this is only whatās been reported, mind you) a middle school teacher at a Florida public school was unmasked as a white nationalist podcast host, a private school inā¦
Whether youāre on the blue feed or the red feed, chances are youāve seen reports on Facebook of clashes amongst white nationalist protests Charlottesville, VA which began at the University of Virginia Friday night and moved to Emancipation Park Saturday morning. The governor has declared a state of emergency. Riotā¦
Hereās your annual reminder that there are still a handful of states in America that celebrate the former existence of the Confederacy, a dark chapter in American history when black people were considered three-fifths of a human being and were enslaved to make rich white men richer. State governments in Mississippiā¦
After nine Charleston, South Carolina churchgoers were slain in 2015 by white supremacist Dylann Roof, the nation turned a condemnatory gaze towards the Confederate flag flying at the Statehouse. After much protest, it was ceremoniously removed. However, the 15-year-old Heritage Act has ensured that the rebel flag ā¦
Police in Iowa have launched a large-scale manhunt for Scott Michael Greene, who allegedly ambushed and killed two Des Moines cops early this morning.
Fetid pooh-face Donald Trump continued his reign of flappy-jawed terror at a rally in Kissimmee, Florida on August 11th, speaking to his devoted fans about God knows what. And, because his constituents are super-tolerant people, someone thought it would be totally fine to hang a Confederate flag just right of theā¦
The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination, voted on Tuesday to discourage the display of the Confederate battle flag. The decision comes after an annual meeting held this year in St. Louis, where, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, leaders held candid discussions about race and theā¦
South Carolina could spend up to $3.6 million to house and display the Confederate flag that once flew in front of the statehouse. After a long deliberation, the state removed the flag in July after nine members of Charlestonās Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal were murdered in a hate crime.
South Carolina State Representative Christopher A. Corley is still smarting over his legislatureās decision to remove the Confederate flag that flew on state capitol grounds. He expressed his feelings the way your passive-aggressive mother-in-law might, with a Christmas card featuring his departed loved one.
The student government at the University of Mississippi voted Tuesday to remove the state flag from campus. The flag contains the Confederate battle flag, and flies near a monument to Confederate soldiers on campus.
This young week has already brought us a bounty of questionable fashion choices: great judgment-haver Chris Brown is displaying a fresh tattoo of a Venus de Miloās head, maybe, or someone whoās just had a traumatic tooth extractionātough to say. Meanwhile, white rapper Yelawolf published a full-throated defense of theā¦
Argentinaās equivalent of Abercrombie is a store called John L Cook. It caters to hot teens dying to lose their virginity and manufactures t-shirts with meaningless identity-defining slogans on them like āSea Saltā and āGrungeā and āSomewhere Between NY & LA.ā They also have a lot of apparel featuring what seems to beā¦
Landing in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, President Barack Obamaāwho is en route to El Reno, Oklahoma, where heāll become the first sitting president to visit a federal prison facilityāwas greeted by both supporters and protesters. The latter group greeted him with Confederate flags.
On Friday, South Carolina removed the Confederate flag that has flown over the stateās capitol for more than 50 years. As the Highway Patrol Honor Guard marched and removed the symbol, protestors both for and against its removal crowded around and yelled things like ātake it down!ā
As South Carolina moves to take down the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the statehouse, the national debate surrounding the flag grows to a new height. Among all of the impassioned arguments for and against removing this contentious symbol from the public space, it is strange that lawmakers and the publicā¦
The House approved the bill to remove the flag Wednesday, and it can be removed as soon as 24 hours after Haley signs it. Good riddance.
After 13 hours of āincreasingly contentiousā debate, the South Carolina House voted just before 1 am on Thursday morning in favor of removing the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds. The vote passed 94-20, signaling bipartisan support for the flagās removal as well as the not-insignificant presence of theseā¦
The South Carolina Senate has voted to remove the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds. The New York Times reports that the vote was 37-3. The Senate still has one more procedural vote to ratify the bill. The House will also have to vote in a two-thirds majority to remove the flag.
Monday morning in the South Carolina Legislature, state lawmakers began debating whether or not to take down the Confederate flag that flies on State Capitol property. The removal is likely, but lawmakers will also debate whether they should hold a ceremony to commemorate taking down the flag or put it back up yearlyā¦
Brittany āBreeā Newsome, the woman who took down South Carolinaās Confederate flag last week, spoke with Good Morning America about her motivations and what she wants from this country.
