WASHINGTON — A Democratic member of Congress from Minnesota is gaining traction with her push to force the federal government to get rid of Confederate statues and memorials in national parks, as as opposition to the public display of Confederate symbols grows. U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn, who leads the House subcommittee that oversees spending for […]
By John Messeder At the site of a battle that became the beginning of the end of a war to decide whether any men should be allowed to own other human beings, we still celebrate the battle and largely ignore the people over whom all that blood and treasure was spent. Black people lived and […]
