NewsCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeBody Bags Placed Outside Alabama Courthouse to Protest Confederate Monument, FlagAn Alabama courthouse has been the site of months of protests regarding the Confederate monument and flag that are…ByJoe JuradoPublishedDecember 28, 2020
NewsNewsIt Took Over 100 Years, But Virginia Finally Removed a Statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee From the U.S. CapitolThe only thing weirder than the fact that a monument of a dude who straight up betrayed the United States exists in…ByJoe JuradoPublishedDecember 21, 2020
NewsNewsVirginia Military Institute Removes Monument to White SupremacyA Confederate statue on the campus of one of Virginia’s oldest institutions is finally being removed after Black…ByMichael HarriotPublishedDecember 7, 2020
NewsNewsLawsuit to Prevent Confederate Statues From Being Removed Heads Back to Georgia CourtsYou know, you would think betraying your country and getting bodied for it hundreds of years ago would be enough to…ByJoe JuradoPublishedNovember 30, 2020
NewsNewsFelony Charges Against Virginia State Senator Dropped as the Police Chief Who Filed Them Is FiredA long, strange saga in Virginia has come to an end as felony charges have been dropped against the state’s most…ByJoe JuradoPublishedNovember 17, 2020
NewsNewsVirginia Judge Says Robert E. Lee Monument Can be Removed From Richmond Pending Appeal2020 has been quite the year for a soldier of white supremacy who’s been dead for just over 150 years.ByZack LinlyPublishedOctober 28, 2020
NewsNewsNot Saying America Is Racist or Anything, but Over 240 Schools Are Named After Confederate LeadersOver the summer, cities and states scrambled to respond to the protests that erupted in the wake of George Floyd’s…ByJoe JuradoPublishedSeptember 17, 2020
NewsNewsLake Charles Voted to Keep a Confederate Monument Up. Hurricane Laura Had Other PlansSince 1915, a garish statue honoring Confederate soldiers stood tall on the grounds of Lake Charles’ courthouse. This…ByAnne BraniginPublishedAugust 28, 2020
NewsNewsBlack Virginia Vice Mayor Facing Criminal Charges for Calling for the Firing of the Police ChiefThe destruction of a Confederate monument in Portsmouth, Virginia, in June has caused so much tension that prominent…ByZack LinlyPublishedAugust 25, 2020
NewsNewsFirst Black Woman to Lead Virginia Senate Faces Felony Charges After Brutal Attack on Inanimate ObjectI knew it would happen.ByMichael HarriotPublishedAugust 18, 2020
NewsNewsOf the Nearly 1,800 Confederate Symbols on Public Land, 59 Have Been Removed Since George Floyd's DeathToday I learned that there are, literally, over a thousand Confederate symbols on public land all over America. In…ByJoe JuradoPublishedAugust 13, 2020
NewsNewsProperty Owner Outraged That a Black Lives Matter Billboard Was Put Up Next to His Confederate FlagIf there is any upshot to the hellscape we currently live in, it’s that folks are steadily exposing their true…ByJoe JuradoPublishedAugust 12, 2020
NewsNewsCommittee Considers Removing Name of KKK Leader From Atlanta SchoolYou know how I know America is inherently racist? There are multiple schools named after Confederate generals and…ByJoe JuradoPublishedAugust 11, 2020
NewsNewsConfederate Monument Taken Down in Georgia TownIn Georgia, a monument honoring fallen Confederate soldiers was taken down late Tuesday night. ByJoe JuradoPublishedJuly 29, 2020
NewsNewsHologram of George Floyd Displayed Over Robert E. Lee Monument in VirginiaOn Tuesday night in Richmond, Va., a group of organizers projected a hologram of George Floyd over a monument to…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJuly 29, 2020
NewsNewsA High School in Virginia Named After Robert E. Lee Will Be Renamed After John LewisA school district in Virginia has voted that a high school named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will be…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJuly 24, 2020
NewsNewsHouse Votes to Remove Confederate Statues From the CapitolOn Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to remove Confederate statues from the Capitol. ByJoe JuradoPublishedJuly 23, 2020
NewsNewsHouse Approves $740 Billion Military Spending Bill That Includes Measure to Remove Confederate Names From BasesAs the debate around Confederate iconography intensifies, the House of Representatives has approved a funding bill…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJuly 22, 2020
NewsNewsArmed Black Militia Marches Through Stone Mountain Park Calling for Removal of Nation’s Largest Confederate MonumentIt’s often said that if Black people took up arms and marched through the streets, gun laws would get passed with…ByZack LinlyPublishedJuly 6, 2020
NewsNewsFrederick Douglass Statue Torn Down on the Anniversary of His ‘What to the Slave is the Fourth of July’ SpeechOn July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass gave an iconic speech in Rochester, N.Y., in which he asked a question that is…ByZack LinlyPublishedJuly 6, 2020