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Trevor Noah Suggests Ditching Columbus Day for Holiday Honoring Anthony Fauci (Video) Slavery Abolition

Trevor Noah Suggests Ditching Columbus Day for Holiday Honoring Anthony Fauci (Video)

On Monday, “The Daily Show” took a special look at the holiday honoring Christopher Columbus, and suggested replacing it with one celebrating an Italian-American who is nothing like the man who began the Native American genocide: Dr. Anthony Fauci. Columbus Day, celebrated every Oct. 12 since 1934, was established to…
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October 13, 2020
U.S. protesters topple statues in “Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage” Slavery Abolition

U.S. protesters topple statues in “Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage”

Anti-colonization demonstrators in Portland, Oregon, pulled down statues of the late Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt ahead of the Columbus Day federal holiday, per the Oregonian.Driving the news: Sunday night's action that also saw Oregon Historical Society's building vandalized was part of a movement that organizers called, "Indigenous Peoples…
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October 13, 2020
Donald Trump calls for protesters who toppled presidents’ statues to be locked up, blaming Joe Biden Slavery Abolition

Donald Trump calls for protesters who toppled presidents’ statues to be locked up, blaming Joe Biden

A protester stands over a toppled statue of President Theodore Roosevelt in Portland, Oregon. Photo: AFP ‘Put these animals in jail, now’ … ‘This is Biden! Law & Order!’ said Trump in a series of tweets Three arrested as hundreds of protesters gathered in the city of Portland for ‘Indigenous…
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October 12, 2020
Protesters in Portland topple statues of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt Slavery Abolition

Protesters in Portland topple statues of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt

Protesters in Portland, Oregon, pulled down statues of former Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt and broke windows late Sunday amid a demonstration on what organizers called an “Indigenous Day of Rage,” NBC local affiliate KGW reported.Monday is the federal holiday Columbus Day, which some cities and states have renamed…
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October 12, 2020