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July 1, 2015 Bucky Turco

Disarm the NYPD, a NYC-based anarchist group aiming to strip police of their guns and power, publicly weighed in on the nation’s Confederate flag controversy by announcing its plan to set it on fire — along with the Stars and Stripes. “Let’s make it crystal clear that the American system in its entirety must be […]

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June 30, 2015 Liam Mathews

In the Times Square subway station, there are mosaic tiles that, if you know what to look for, resemble Confederate flags. In a 2012 article in Civil War Times magazine, historian Dr. David J. Jackowe claimed that architect Squire J. Vickers installed the tiles as a tribute to then-New York Times publisher Adolph Ochs’ Southern […]

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June 24, 2015 Liam Mathews

Did you know there’s a street in Brooklyn named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee? Improbably enough, it’s true. It’s inside of Fort Hamilton, the National Guard and Army Reserve base located between the Verrazano Bridge and the Dyker Heights Golf Course. This fact was mostly ignored until this week, when in the aftermath of […]

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June 23, 2015 Bucky Turco

As more and more people discuss how terribly disrespectful it is to display the traitorous rebel flag in an official capacity on government buildings, online arts and crafts retailer Etsy is the latest company to announce that it’s pulling “Confederate flag items” from its “marketplace,” along with Walmart, Amazon, Sears, and eBay. In a statement […]

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Liam Mathews

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said yesterday that it was time to take the Confederate flag off the grounds of the State Capital, jumping on the take-it-down bandwagon now that it’s politically expedient to do so. The decision is ultimately up to the South Carolina Legislature, who are mostly out-of-session for the summer but will […]

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