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At least 160 Confederate symbols taken down in 2020
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At least 160 Confederate symbols taken down in 2020
The Associated Press1 week ago0

NEW YORK (AP) — When rioters tore through the U.S. Capitol last month, some of them gripping Confederate battle flags, they didn’t encounter a statue of the most famous rebel…

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Neighbors, friends and co-workers turn on St. Louis seditionists
Crime Opinion Politics
Neighbors, friends and co-workers turn on St. Louis seditionists
Charles Jaco3 weeks ago0

From an antiques store owner on Cherokee Street and a realtor from Holly Hills to a tech recruiter from Lake St. Louis, a photographer from Wentzville, and a St. Charles…

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Mini-Trumps take aim (literally) at protesters, your right to vote
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Mini-Trumps take aim (literally) at protesters, your right to vote
Charles Jaco1 month ago0

What a second Trump term would have looked like is playing out in miniature in Jefferson City. Bills to legalize murdering protesters and to stop poor, Black and elderly people…

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Virginia's Lee statue is pulled from U.S. Capitol
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Virginia's Lee statue is pulled from U.S. Capitol
The Associated Press2 months ago0

WASHINGTON (AP) — A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that has represented Virginia in the U.S. Capitol for 111 years has been removed. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a…

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Summer of protest: Chance for change, but obstacles exposed
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Summer of protest: Chance for change, but obstacles exposed
The Associated Press6 months ago0

WASHINGTON (AP) — Memorial Day brought the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, prompting hundreds of thousands of Americans to take to the streets in protest.…

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Trump visits Kenosha, calls violence 'domestic terror'
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Trump visits Kenosha, calls violence 'domestic terror'
The Associated Press6 months ago0

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump stood at the epicenter of the latest eruption over racial injustice Tuesday and came down squarely on the side of law enforcement, blaming…

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'Do something:' Harris' rapid rise driven by call to action
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'Do something:' Harris' rapid rise driven by call to action
The Associated Press7 months ago0

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hours before Kamala Harris took the stage for the first time as Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick, she received a text message from a childhood classmate with photos…

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How the Black Lives Matter generation remembers John Lewis
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How the Black Lives Matter generation remembers John Lewis
The Associated Press8 months ago0

Of all the ways that John Lewis influenced American life and politics, his indelible impact on young people may be among the most enduring. From student activist to elder statesman,…

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Trump bristles at question about police killing Blacks
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Trump bristles at question about police killing Blacks
The Associated Press8 months ago0

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump bristled at a reporter’s question about police killing African Americans and defended the right to display the Confederate flag as he continued to play…

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Trump lags Biden on people of color in top campaign ranks
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Trump lags Biden on people of color in top campaign ranks
The Associated Press8 months ago0

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid a summer of racial unrest and calls for more diversity in leadership, President Donald Trump lags Democratic rival Joe Biden in the percentage of people of…

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Pandemic, racism threaten higher Black suicide rate
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Pandemic, racism threaten higher Black suicide rate
The Associated Press8 months ago0

CHICAGO (AP) — Jasmin Pierre was 18 when she tried to end her life, overdosing on whatever pills she could find. Diagnosed with depression and anxiety, she survived two more…

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Monuments and statues are falling; now what?
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Monuments and statues are falling; now what?
The Associated Press8 months ago0

TIERRA AMARILLA, N.M. (AP) — The dusty town of Tierra Amarilla perches in the shadows of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Here, five decades ago, this poor northern New Mexico…

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Trump stokes racial rancor to motivate voters
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Trump stokes racial rancor to motivate voters
The Associated Press8 months ago0

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is wielding America’s racial tension as a re-election weapon, fiercely denouncing the racial justice movement on a near-daily basis with language stoking white…

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Facebook groups pivot to attacks on Black Lives Matter
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Facebook groups pivot to attacks on Black Lives Matter
The Associated Press8 months ago0

CHICAGO (AP) — A loose network of Facebook groups that took root across the country in April to organize protests over coronavirus stay-at-home orders has become a hub of misinformation…

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Trump tweets video with 'white power' chant, then deletes it
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Trump tweets video with 'white power' chant, then deletes it
The Associated Press8 months ago0

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white power,” a racist slogan associated with white supremacists. He later…

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Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain - and now national action
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Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain - and now national action
The Associated Press9 months ago0

In just about any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved black people learned they had been freed from bondage, would be marked by…

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As U.S. faces racial issues, Trump becomes bystander
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As U.S. faces racial issues, Trump becomes bystander
The Associated Press9 months ago0

WASHINGTON (AP) — At a moment of national reckoning over racism in America, President Donald Trump is increasingly becoming a bystander. He wasn’t in the pews of churches in Minneapolis…

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Societal preconditions contribute to high infection rate among blacks
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Societal preconditions contribute to high infection rate among blacks
Jim Merkel10 months ago0

ST. LOUIS – Poverty, violence and racism have long devastated the African-American community. Now there’s another force disproportionately affecting black people: the coronavirus. And experts say its spread may be…

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Time's up, Bob
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Time's up, Bob
Antonio French1 year ago4

One year ago, on Oct. 4, 2018, I published a column in The NorthSider entitled “Bob Romanik is a Racist and It’s Time to Shut Him Down.” One year later,…

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Charles Jaco: How free-market capitalism and racism wrecked St. Louis
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Charles Jaco: How free-market capitalism and racism wrecked St. Louis
Charles Jaco2 years ago0

The Municipal League of Metro St. Louis isn’t necessarily racist. But they represent a lot of people who are. One person who’s part of the League told me “A lot…

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