Memphis is digging up the remains of a Confederate general who led the early KKK
The remains of early Ku Klux Klan leader and Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest were finally being exhumed from a Memphis park, and the Black woman who led a long…
Protestors attempt to pull down the statue of U.S. President Andrew Jackson in the middle of Lafayette Park in front of the White House during racial inequality protests in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
George Longenecker: Race, slavery, statues and monuments
This commentary is by George Longenecker of Middlesex, a writer and retired professor. It might seem like the proposed constitutional amendment on slavery in Vermont, a national historic site in Tennessee, and…
California’s slavery reparations task force is convening. Here’s what happens next
SACRAMENTO — A historic California task force met for the first time Tuesday with the ultimate goal of recommending reparations for descendants of enslaved people and those affected by slavery. The…
Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission supports Excluded Workers Fund Coalition efforts
The Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission expressed support during its regular meeting held virtually Thursday for a local coalition's plan for an Excluded Workers Fund. In a letter sent to local Johnson…
Truth, reconciliation and atonement: Time to re-imagine (a post-racist) America
On this one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, many are assessing where we have come on racial disparities and injustice in America. On one hand, many White people…
Tulsa Massacre: 100 years later, accountability and reconciliation remain elusive
History Professor Dr. Yohuru Williams says recognition of the 1921 race riot that left hundreds dead is just a first step. MINNEAPOLIS — On a day in which America takes…
Don’t Look Up (2021)
https://youtu.be/RbIxYm3mKzI Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.
The search for answers about “hell ships” of World War II
It's a rarely taught and often forgotten part of World War II: What happened to thousands of allied soldiers aboard the so-called "hell ships"? Jeff Glor has the details on…
World Meteorological Organization: Temperatures could hit key climate threshold in next 5 years
CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss a new warning from the UN's World Meteorological Organization that Earth is likely to hit a…
Meet the woman turning Kenya’s plastic waste problem into a building solution: Plastic bricks
For the latest report in our "Eye on Earth" series, CBS News correspondent Debora Patta went to Kenya to learn about a creative approach to addressing the scourge of plastic…
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