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Pelosi: Confederate symbols ‘have to go’ from Capitol, bases

Pelosi: Confederate symbols ‘have to go’ from Capitol, bases

By /June 11, 2020 /Local News

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that it’s time to remove symbols honoring Confederate figures from the U.S. Capitol building and military bases as the pandemic and racial unrest force a national reckoning with racial discrimination. “These names have to go from these bases and these statues […]

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Nevada panel backs new tribal name for Jeff Davis Peak

Nevada panel backs new tribal name for Jeff Davis Peak

By /January 9, 2019 /Local News

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A state board wants to change the name of a mountain peak in eastern Nevada’s Great Basin National Park to more appropriately recognize a geological area important to a native tribe instead of honoring a Confederate leader from the Civil War. The Nevada Board of Geographic […]

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