As anti-racism protests continue into their sixth week across the country, statues of Confederate leaders and other controversial figures have become a focal point for critics. Almost every day ...

In June 2020, protesters in Richmond used ropes to pull down the bronze statue of Confederate leader Jefferson Davis, splashed paint on its surface and slung a toilet paper noose around its neck.

To update an old joke, removing Confederate statues is a bit like wetting one’s self in a dark suit: It offers a warm feeling but little of lasting value. The erasist frenzy to tear down ...

I find it utterly baffling that there is a statue of Roger Taney, author of the Dred Scott decision, in Baltimore. Moreover, some Confederate statues were erected specifically to antagonize black ...

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No one is “tearing down” statues; they are being moved to museums where they have always belonged. You can say that these Confederate symbols stand for heritage and free will against the ...

A statue of General Robert E Lee was among those taken down from the Austin campus early on Monday. Monuments to Confederate figures are symbols of "modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism", the ...

In a Facebook live video during his Senate campaign, JD Vance defended Confederate statues. Vance took issue with the ...

Student protesters toppled a controversial Confederate monument at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday night. The statue of a Confederate soldier, nicknamed Silent Sam ...

But a House effort to remove statues honoring Confederates stalled in the Senate. One of those Confederate statues stands in front of the office of the House majority whip, currently occupied by Rep.

The capital of Virginia, and the former capital of the Confederacy, is a target-rich environment when it comes to statues of southern Civil War figures. At the city’s heart is Monument Avenue ...

Statues of George Washington and Frederick Douglass will join those of more contemporary heroes like celebrity chef Julia ...