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How a small Brazilian town became an unlikely battleground over Confederate memory

By Jordan Brasher, Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography, Macalester College There were no antebellum hoop skirts at the site of Brazil’s annual “Festa Confederada,” or Confederate Festival, in 2024. Following his private tour of the group’s museum, Eduardo Bolsonaro accused leftist critics of the Confederate Festival of “rewriting memory.” City officials passed the law banning Confederate symbols from public events …

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1 week, 6 days ago

'Rudy Giuliani and Paul Manafort?' Trump shocks with pledge to 'build monuments' to heroes

Raw Story

Donald Trump's latest out-of-nowhere promise for his second term as president raised eyebrows and prompted laughter. DJT" It's not clear what prompted the comment, but lawmakers from both parties vowed to fight back if he carried through on his campaign pledge to restore Confederate monuments, including the names of military bases, and social media users seemed to interpret his Truth …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

4 Presidential Pardons From History That Were Way More Controversial Than Biden’s

Politico

The question isn’t whether Biden’s action was somehow singular in its offensiveness — history shows us that it is not. While the real impetus behind the plan was to raise additional revenue to fund Hamilton’s controversial program to assume state debts and thereby strengthen both the U.S. financial system and the new federal government, many citizens who lived in the …

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Writer sheds light on forgotten history of Chinese Americans in US Civil War

China Daily

Chinese Americans have a long and varied military history dating back 200 years on US battlefields, working alongside Americans, fearlessly running into the fray as muskets and cannons fired, and some losing their lives. While the efforts of those who served in World War II are widely known, the stories of the estimated 74 Chinese men who served in the …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s Pentagon overhaul: 8 policy changes he’s expected to make

Politico

Trump may quickly win applause from defense hawks and social conservatives by reinstating his administration’s more restrictive policies on transgender people serving the military and scrapping initiatives aimed at helping troops access abortion. Here’s a rundown of the policies and issues Trump is most likely to change upon returning to the White House: Troops on the homefront Trump critics, and …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Lawmakers on both sides vow to stop Trump from changing base names back to Confederate leaders

The Independent

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3 months ago

The civil war inside the Republican Party deep in the heart of Texas

LA Times

An American flag hung on the side of a barn and a country song about a working man played at Warren’s Backyard, a music venue, where on a searing summer evening, the Hood County Republicans met for an open bar and a silent auction to kick off the campaign season. It’s Christian nationalism.” The far-right movement in Hood County exemplifies …

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3 months ago

A Mississippi town moves a Confederate monument that became a shrouded eyesore

Associated Press

— A Mississippi town has taken down a Confederate monument that stood on the courthouse square since 1910 — a figure that was tightly wrapped in tarps the past four years, symbolizing the community’s enduring division over how to commemorate the past. “I’m glad to see it move to a different location,” said Robin Whitfield, an artist with a studio …

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3 months, 1 week ago

In the US election race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, America can't escape the shadow of history

ABC

Two different versions of the US are on the table, but both of them are captive to the past. In her first campaign speech as the Democrat's de facto presidential nominee, she framed the election as "a battle for the future". Now that Kamala Harris is heading the Democratic ticket, racism has again come to the fore — what Bill …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Crowd on hand for unveiling of John Lewis statue at spot where Confederate monument once stood

The Independent

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4 months ago

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on the complexity and heartbreak of female friendship

NPR

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on the complexity and heartbreak of female friendship TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor says she chose her latest role in the new movie "The Supremes At Earl's All-You-Can-Eat" because it felt like a rebellion against the lack of curiosity Hollywood has had for stories about the lives of Black women. Ellis-Taylor has starred in …

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4 months ago

John Lewis Statue Replaces More Than 100-Year-Old Confederate Monument

Huff Post

A large bronze statue of the late civil rights leader and politician Congressman John Lewis is installed where a monument to the Confederacy was brought down in 2020, in the wake of the death of George Floyd, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, in Decatur, Ga. via Associated Press DECATUR, Ga. — A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon …

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5 months ago

Atlanta man drives three hours to pull down Confederate flag flying over South Carolina highway

The Independent

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Medal of Honor: Two Union soldiers posthumously receive awards for carrying out daring mission behind Confederate lines

CNN

CNN — Two Union soldiers from the American Civil War were posthumously awarded with the Medal of Honor by President Joe Biden on Wednesday, more than 160 years after being executed for their part in a daring mission against the Confederacy. “Private Philip G. Shadrach and Private George D. Wilson will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously for their gallantry …

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6 months ago

Editorial: Juneteenth isn’t a holiday just for Black people. Everyone should celebrate freedom

LA Times

Juneteenth is no more a holiday just for Black people than the Fourth of July is a holiday just for white people. 3 telling the people of the westernmost Confederate state that “all slaves are free.” Although the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect in 1863, it couldn’t be implemented until the Civil War ended and Confederate states surrendered. California’s lawmakers …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Kennedy condemns the removal of Confederate monuments

Associated Press

PHOENIX — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has condemned the removal of Confederate statues, saying he had a “visceral reaction against” the destruction of monuments honoring southern leaders from the Civil War. Robert E. Lee, the top Confederate general, had “extraordinary qualities of leadership” that deserve to be celebrated, Kennedy said Friday in an interview for the Timcast …

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7 months ago

5 things to know about Memorial Day, including its evolution and controversies

Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va. — Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of discounts on anything from mattresses to lawn mowers. It isn’t just the barbecue,” Castañeda told The Associated Press in a discussion about Memorial Day last year. Even though roughly …

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7 months ago

5 things to know about Memorial Day, including its evolution and controversies

The Independent

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7 months ago

Youngkin vetoes bills on skill games, contraception and Confederate heritage tax breaks

Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin took action on a final batch of bills from the year’s regular legislative session Friday, signing seven but vetoing 48, including closely watched measures that would have ended a tax break for a Confederate heritage organization and allowed small businesses to host skill games, which are similar to slot machines. And that is …

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7 months, 1 week ago

In reversal, Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to 2 schools

LA Times

A Virginia school board has voted to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary school four years after the names were removed amid nationwide protests calling for a reckoning over racial injustice. On Friday, school board members who voted to restore the Confederate names said the previous board ignored popular sentiment. Elections in …

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8 months ago

Man who attacked police after storming US Capitol with Confederate flag gets over 2 years in prison

The Independent

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8 months ago

Editorial: Mississippi has heroes who fought for democracy. Why is it marking Confederate Heritage Month?

LA Times

Mississippi voters approved the magnolia state flag in 2020 to replace a Confederate-themed flag state lawmakers retired earlier that year as part of the national reckoning over racial injustice. It is the state where Emmett Till was lynched for supposedly offending a white woman, Medgar Evers was assassinated for trying to end segregation, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Confederate sentiment in Southern California ran deep

LA Times

A photograph published in The Times in 1925 shows Confederate veterans and others at Hollywood Forever Cemetery for the unveiling of a monument to fallen soldiers of the Confederacy. At this famous “last supper” were Hancock’s friends and fellow officers — the Southerners Albert Sidney Johnston, Lewis Armistead, Richard Garnett and George Pickett, who had resigned their Union commissions. A …

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8 months, 1 week ago

6 ex-officers who pleaded guilty in ‘Goon Squad’ torture of 2 Black men sentenced in state court

CNN

Brandon, Mississippi CNN — Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who abused two Black men for hours were sentenced in state court Wednesday to 15 to 45 years in prison. I just didn’t die.” Eddie Terrell Parker, right, and his friend Michael Corey Jenkins react during Wednesday's sentencing hearing for six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who abused them for …

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How a small Brazilian town became an unlikely battleground over Confederate memory

'Rudy Giuliani and Paul Manafort?' Trump shocks with pledge to 'build monuments' to heroes

4 Presidential Pardons From History That Were Way More Controversial Than Biden’s

Writer sheds light on forgotten history of Chinese Americans in US Civil War

Trump’s Pentagon overhaul: 8 policy changes he’s expected to make

Lawmakers on both sides vow to stop Trump from changing base names back to Confederate leaders

The civil war inside the Republican Party deep in the heart of Texas

A Mississippi town moves a Confederate monument that became a shrouded eyesore

In the US election race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, America can't escape the shadow of history

Crowd on hand for unveiling of John Lewis statue at spot where Confederate monument once stood

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on the complexity and heartbreak of female friendship

John Lewis Statue Replaces More Than 100-Year-Old Confederate Monument

Atlanta man drives three hours to pull down Confederate flag flying over South Carolina highway

Medal of Honor: Two Union soldiers posthumously receive awards for carrying out daring mission behind Confederate lines

Editorial: Juneteenth isn’t a holiday just for Black people. Everyone should celebrate freedom

Kennedy condemns the removal of Confederate monuments

5 things to know about Memorial Day, including its evolution and controversies

5 things to know about Memorial Day, including its evolution and controversies

Youngkin vetoes bills on skill games, contraception and Confederate heritage tax breaks

In reversal, Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to 2 schools

Man who attacked police after storming US Capitol with Confederate flag gets over 2 years in prison

Editorial: Mississippi has heroes who fought for democracy. Why is it marking Confederate Heritage Month?

Confederate sentiment in Southern California ran deep

6 ex-officers who pleaded guilty in ‘Goon Squad’ torture of 2 Black men sentenced in state court