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By James Strong Advice is like applesauce. It tastes sweet to the tongue at first, but then dissolves into a tasteless afterthought. Consequently, the statement by US...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement in honor of the flag-raising ceremony at the U.S....

By Michael H. Cottman, BlackAmericaWeb.com “They took our flag, so be it. They’re taking our heritage from us. They’re taking the freedom out of America.”—William...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A black Mississippi man who often dressed in Confederate regalia to support the state flag has died in a one-car...

By Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — For the first time since the civil rights movement, the Confederate flag was removed entirely from the South Carolina...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jul 10, 2015, 10:35 AM ET The latest on the Confederate flag in South Carolina (all times local): ——— 10:30 a.m. President Barack Obama says...

The Community Affairs Committee of REV Birmingham, deplores the racist terrorism at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. We send our deepest sympathy to...

The Congresswoman says the Confederate flag is a part of the South’s past, and that is where it should remain Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Terri...

By ALLEN G. BREED and JAY REEVES
Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Across the South, Confederate symbols are toppling, teetering or at least getting critical new...

by JOHN WIGHT Counterpunch If ever a cause was unworthy, that cause was the US Confederacy. If ever a cause was righteously defeated, it was the...