Politics Jun 02 Fort Bragg changes name to Fort Liberty, part of U.S. Army plan to rename installations honoring Confederate soldiers By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press
Nation Feb 28 Watch 7:08 In Richmond, VA, eviction burden weighs heavier on Black and Brown residents The federal ban on evictions, extended by President Biden through March, is a much-needed, yet only temporary pause on a looming crisis impacting hundreds of thousands of American families. Retro Report, a non-profit news organization, reports from Richmond, VA, which… By Brian Palmer, Retro Report
Arts Dec 29 Maryland may repeal state song, a Confederate call to arms "Maryland, My Maryland" was written in 1861 as a call to arms for the Confederacy. It refers to President Abraham Lincoln as a despot and urges defiance to the "Northern scum."… By Brian Witte, Associated Press
Nation Nov 10 Confederate Avenue renamed in Virginia amid racial reckoning The renaming is part of a much larger and ongoing reckoning over the city's historical ties to slavery and racial discrimination. By Associated Press
Nation Jul 28 In Virginia’s capital, a renewed effort to honor slaves Officials in Richmond, Virginia, have announced a major funding commitment for an ambitious and long-envisioned memorial campus in the city's former slave-trading district, Shockoe Bottom. By Sarah Rankin, Associated Press
Jul 01 WATCH: Congressional Black Caucus criticizes Trump for keeping Confederate names on military bases By Associated Press The chair of the Congressional Black Caucus says she doesn't understand why Trump would want to keep the names of "traitors" on military bases. Continue reading
Jun 14 US base namesakes include slaveholders, failed generals By Dan Sewell, Associated Press The 10 generals include some who made costly battlefield blunders; others mistreated captured Union soldiers, some were slaveholders and one was linked to the Ku Klux Klan after the war. Continue reading
Jun 10 U.S. military rethinking links to Confederate Army symbols By Robert Burns, Associated Press The U.S. military is rethinking its traditional connection to Confederate Army symbols, mindful of their divisiveness at a time the nation is wrestling with questions of race after the death of George Floyd in police hands. Continue reading
Feb 03 Watch 6:12 Calls for Virginia governor’s resignation grow Two days after a racist yearbook photo emerged, Ralph Northam, Virginia’s Democratic governor, refuses to resign even as members of his own party demand he step down. In his press conference on Saturday, Northam denied being in the photo. Judith… Continue watching
May 19 Watch 10:37 Why Confederate monuments are coming down By PBS News Hour New Orleans is the latest city to start taking down historical but controversial monuments that many say celebrate slavery and the Confederacy. Angry opponents see the move as suppressing or rewriting history in the service of political correctness. William Brangham… Continue watching