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Virginia To Celebrate Treason, Defeat With Confederate History Month (Video...

Pack up your Earth Day granola bars and put away the Gaypril leis: April is now officially Confederate History Month in the State of Virginia, as per a proclamation from the office of Governor Bob...

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Keith Olbermann Undercuts Slavery Revisionism Segment with Awkward...

Everybody wants to be something else. In Countdown host Keith Olbermann‘s case, there seems to be a frustrated vaudevillian trying to get out. On Tuesday’s show, Olbermann made an admirable attempt at...

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The Daily Show Takes On The South’s Slavery Whitewash, Breaks Secession...

Most people would agree that it takes a lot of balls to celebrate the South’s secession from the Union, while pretending it had nothing to do with slavery, but in fact, it only takes one. South...

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Heated Debate In Mississippi Over Commemorating KKK Leader On License Plates

The 150th anniversary of the Civil War may not exactly be the happiest occasion for many in America, and in Mississippi, one group is trying to make the best of it by highlighting some of the region’s...

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Andrew Sullivan To ABC: If Romney Wins Florida And VA, It’s The ‘Confederacy’

During this Sunday’s edition of ABC’s This Week, Daily Beast writer Andrew Sullivan claimed that if Republican nominee Mitt Romney wins back Florida and Virginia in the upcoming 2012 presidential...

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Confederate Statues Vandalized in South Carolina and Texas

Confederate statues and monuments in South Carolina and at one Texas university have been vandalized this week, in the midst of a big national discussion about the Confederate flag. On Sunday, a...

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Dem Presidential Hopeful Jim Webb Offers Defense of Confederacy

Possible Democratic presidential candidate and former Virginia Senator Jim Webb struck a markedly different tone from others in his party by writing a defense of the Confederacy on his Facebook page...

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Memphis Mayor Wants to Literally Dig Up Confederate General and Move Him

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton has called for the removal of the grave of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest from a city park, along with an attached memorial. “These relics, these messages of this...

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UNC Confederate Memorial Vandalized with ‘Black Lives Matter,’‘KKK’

A memorial to Confederate soldiers who lost their lives in the Civil War on University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s campus was defaced over the weekend with the words “KKK,” “murderer,” and “Black...

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Democratic Rep. Jeffries: ‘Ghosts of the Confederacy’ Have ‘Invaded’ the...

Democratic Congressman Hakeem Jeffries said during a press conference Thursday afternoon that “the ghosts of the Confederacy” had “invaded” the Republican Party. “Earlier this week, Congressman [Jared]...

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Georgia Lawmaker: People Who Want to Remove Confederate Relics Are No Better...

Georgia representative Tommy Benton is a staunch proponent for his state’s Confederate history, and while arguing for a state constitutional amendment that would preserve Stone Mountain Park, he...

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Richard Spencer Led Torch-Carrying Protesters Against Confederate Statue’s...

Lee Park right now…. pic.twitter.com/WZ2x0JsueE — Allison Wrabel (@craftypanda) May 14, 2017 White nationalist Richard Spencer appeared in Charlottesville, Virginia last night, where he led an...

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Watch: New Orleans Mayor’s Speech on Confederate Monuments That’s Going Viral

Last week, the City of New Orleans removed a 16-foot statue of General Robert E. Lee from the center of Lee Circle. This was the last of four Confederate monuments that were taken down in the city...

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Confederate Statues Aren’t About Slavery — They’re About Treason

During that infamous press conference in Trump Tower, yesterday, the president spoke darkly of a slippery slope. Sure you could take down that statue of Robert E. Lee — but where would it end? “I...

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White Fifth Grader Goes to School Dressed as Plantation Owner, Tells Black...

A Georgia elementary school had the brilliant idea of hosting a freestyle Civil War reenactment day and — wouldn’t you know it?! — things got horribly racist. At Kennesaw, Georgia’s Big Shanty...

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GOP Congressman Slammed for Displaying ‘Racially Offensive’ Robert E. Lee Book

Republican Georgia Congressman Drew Ferguson is under fire for displaying a book in his congressional office that features a picture of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, and a quote claiming that...

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Here’s Why Joe Biden Voted to Restore Robert E. Lee’s Citizenship in 1975

Former Vice President Joe Biden‘s decision to focus on President Donald Trump‘s Charlottesville comments in his campaign launch video has prompted conservative media outlets like Hot Air and The Daily...

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Kilmeade Calls Out Listener Who Wanted To Ask Trump About Protecting...

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade had some sad news for a listener who wanted Kilmeade to ask President Donald Trump about protecting Confederate statues and monuments. Minutes before Kilmeade’s exclusive...

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Trump Declares His Administration ‘Will Not Even Consider’ Renaming Military...

President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that his administration “will not even consider” renaming military bases named for Confederate leaders, days after reports indicating Army Secretary Ryan...

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Kayleigh McEnany Defends Trump Opposition to Renaming Bases Named for...

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany began Wednesday’s press briefing sharing the announcement from President Donald Trump that his administration will not support renaming military bases...

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