For over a century, a life-size statue of a Confederate soldier has stood atop a towering monument in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The city administrator had considered removing the monument for years. Then ...

Demonstrators hold Confederate flags near the monument for Confederacy President Jefferson Davis on June 25, 2015, in Richmond, Va., after it was spray-painted with the phrase 'Black Lives Matter.' AP ...

Workers lower a ladder into a monument as they dismantle the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery December 20, 2023, in Arlington, Virginia. CREDIT: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/GETTY IMAGES (NEW ...

A Mississippi town has taken down a Confederate monument that stood on the courthouse square since 1910 — a figure that was tightly wrapped in tarps the past four years, symbolizing the community's ...

An attempt to stop local governments from moving historic monuments and memorials off public land didn't come up for a final vote in this year's session of the Florida Legislature, leaving all options ...

A day after 192 House Republicans voted to restore a Confederate monument to Arlington National Cemetery, the top Democrat in the U.S. House went after vulnerable GOP lawmakers in Congress, accusing ...

JACKSOVNILLE, Fla. — Just one day after Mayor Donna Deegan authorized the removal of Jacksonville’s last prominent Confederate monument, a Senate companion to a bill that would require historical ...

The statue of a mother and child honoring “The Women of our Southland 1861-1865” hangs from a crane Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023, after its removal from a monument in Springfield Park. The divisive ...

Mayor Donna Deegan said her decision to remove statues from the Confederate monument in Springfield Park came after it became clear City Council was unwilling to take any action in the community ...

If U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Athens, thought fellow Republicans in Congress would rally behind his call to bring a Confederate monument back to Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, he was ...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. Confederate monuments burst into public consciousness in 2015 when a ...