In a pair of speeches made over Independence Day weekend, the president pledged to defend America’s history and ideals and warned against those who seek to wipe out the “very blessing our ancestors fought so hard for.” “Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values,…

Mississippi lawmakers recently voted to remove the Confederate battle emblem from their state flag. The state’s Republican governor signed the decision into law, solidifying another response to ongoing racial reckoning and calls for change. Now the debate continues as some question what the emblem will be replaced with. A commission called to redesign the flag…

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Earlier this year, Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York spoke up about her personal faith in a hearing, citing that Jesus Christ would be maligned in our current Congress. She believes some members are using religious freedom as a way to defend “bigotry and discrimination”. The hearing on LGBTQ rights was organized to “examine the…

Last week, Mississippi lawmakers voted to remove the Confederate battle emblem from their state flag more than a century after the South lost the Civil War. Mississippi is the last state flag to have made changes due to harmful, racist symbols. Mississippi, with a population that is 38 percent Black, felt mounting pressure to change…

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