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41 Chicago monuments under review for possible removal; city launches website seeking feedback WLS Share: CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago is reviewing 41 statues to determine if they should be removed. It's part of an effort launched after the removal of the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park last summer. The public can add their input as well. They are monuments to our past that some say offer an incomplete or false narrative of history. Now the city of Chicago is beginning a process to review 41 monuments on city property and recommend next steps. "We couldn't do this work without a rich pu...

February is Black History Month, it’s something that no American of any race, color, or creed should forget. African Americans, the decendants of slaves and slaves themselves fought for freedom that was only at best was in the promissory note of the Emancipation Proclamation. Those men, and women in the case of Harriett Tubman and Sojourner Truth, paved the way for freedom for African Americans and all others who benefited from what they fought for: women, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and other Hispanics, Asian Americans, and LGBTQ Americans. That promise being made then, must be...

Executive orders are far less common today than you might think.