In a powerful statement against the idea of “reconciliation,” the federal government removed the monument to Confederate war dead on Wednesday. The monument, with no official name, has been variously called the Confederate Monument and the Reconciliation Monument. It was erected at Arlington National Cemetery over 100 years ago, and is surrounded by the graves ...

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In 1921, Greenwood saw about 35 blocks of homes and businesses destroyed in a race riot that evolved into a race war, and finally into a massacre. It is not known exactly how many were killed in the conflagration. ...

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Today marks the 250th anniversary of the “Boston Tea Party,” when 342 chests — with nearly 100,000 pounds of tea — were dumped by the Sons of Liberty off three ships in Boston Harbor, on December 16, 1773. That event touched off a series of actions and reactions that led eventually the 13 British Colonies ...

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Progressive legislators from the cities of Oklahoma’s two premier universities condemned Gov. Kevin Stitt’s executive order curtailing the use of DEI in higher education. ...

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