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President Joe Biden Tuesday issued an appeal for sweeping voting rights legislation that is stalled in Congress due largely to Republican opposition, after pressure from civil rights leaders.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu left office nearly four years ago, winning national accolades for removing landmark Confederate monuments after jump-starting the recovery from Hurricane Katrina’s catastrophic levee failures and flooding. Once considered a possible presidential contender, Landrieu is back in a big way. He was tapped this week by President […]

The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the nation.

(CNN) — The late Chadwick Boseman was known as a hero, both on and off the screen. Now, thousands of people want to honor him like one, by replacing a Confederate memorial with a statue of the actor. Boseman, known for his leading roles in the hallmark film “Black Panther,” as well as “42,” “Marshall” […]

A legal challenge won’t have any effect on the governor’s position to move a Confederate general’s bust from the Tennessee capitol building to the state museum.

The bust of a Confederate general inside the Tennessee state capitol isn’t going anywhere without a legal fight.

In the latest edition of Newsfeed Now, Pres. Biden outlines his new plan to fight the coronavirus, and the sports world mourns the loss of Hammerin’ Hank Aaron.

LONDON (AP) — The British government put dozens of soldiers on standby Monday to help easy fuel supply problems caused by a shortage of truck drivers, a situation that has spurred panic buying of gasoline across the country. As unions called for emergency workers to be given priority for fuel supplies, the government said it […]

Lee’s statue had stood in the hall for 111 years as one of Virginia’s statues. Virginia’s other statue is a depiction of George Washington.

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — After several hours of mostly peaceful demonstrations Saturday in an Atlanta suburb that’s home to a giant Confederate memorial, large numbers of police moved in to disperse the crowds when fights broke out. Several dozen right-wing demonstrators, some waving the Confederate battle flag and many wearing military gear, gathered in […]

Just hours after Joe Biden’s swearing-in as president, a Shelby County Commission panel gave a favorable recommendation to a resolution that would prohibit the county from naming any parks, roads or other county property after former President Donald Trump.