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Urged by Battery Park City Locals, Work Paused on Essential Workers Monument

by Valentina Di Liscia June 30, 2021June 30, 2021

Critics say the memorial planned for Rockefeller Park was approved without community input and will significantly reduce green space.

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Biden Scraps Trump’s Bizarre Plan For a “National Garden of American Heroes”

by Valentina Di Liscia May 17, 2021May 17, 2021

The president also revoked his predecessor’s authorization of harsh prison sentences for those who vandalize monuments.

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Statue of Nisqually Environmentalist and Tribal Leader Will Represent Washington at US Capitol

by Sarah Rose Sharp April 26, 2021April 26, 2021

Billy Frank Jr. spent his life examining and advocating on behalf of treaty rights and environmental protections.

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Alabama Bill Could Prohibit Adding Historical Context to Confederate Monuments

by Valentina Di Liscia February 18, 2021February 18, 2021

A proposed amendment could make it illegal to put up signs offering historical context on the site of Confederate statues and other monuments.

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An AR App Wants to Correct the Scarcity of Monuments to Historical Leaders of Color

by Valentina Di Liscia February 11, 2021February 11, 2021

Movers and Shakers’ new app allows you to insert monumental figures of under-recognized icons like Shirley Chisholm and Toussaint Louverture into public spaces.

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Trump Executive Order Ironically Includes Statue for Banality of Evil Author Hannah Arendt

by Hakim Bishara January 19, 2021January 28, 2021

The order also decrees new monuments for figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Alex Trebek, and Aretha Franklin.

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Trump’s Hypocritical Silence on the Defacement of Monuments During Capitol Attack

by Valentina Di Liscia January 7, 2021January 7, 2021

A tweet from last summer in which Trump authorizes “up to 10 years in prison” for anyone who vandalizes or destroys federal property has resurfaced as a bitter reminder of his bias against progressive activists.

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Unidentified Protesters Topple Roosevelt and Lincoln Statues in Oregon

by Valentina Di Liscia October 12, 2020November 5, 2020

Both US Presidents have been highly criticized for their expansionist agendas and their racist and genocidal policies targeting Indigenous people.

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New York Will Honor Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg With a Statue in Brooklyn

by Hakim Bishara September 21, 2020November 5, 2020

The governor will appoint a commission to select an artist and choose a location for the statue of the Brooklyn-born Supreme Court justice.

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Let’s Preserve Acts of History, Not Racist Monuments

by Jillian McManemin September 21, 2020November 5, 2020

We do not need to physically preserve these objects to preserve history. The Toppled Monuments Archive seeks to reroute the impulse to preserve these objects altogether.

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The Story Behind a Misunderstood Satanic Monument

by Billy Anania September 16, 2020March 21, 2022

When Confederate memorials began to be toppled in June, far-right organizations called for the destruction of the Satanic Temple’s bronze statue of Baphomet. Here’s why that doesn’t make sense.

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Petition Wants to Replace Confederate Statue With Monument to Chadwick Boseman

by Hakim Bishara September 3, 2020November 5, 2020

Over 40,000 people have signed a Change.org petition calling to replace a Confederate monument in Anderson, South Carolina with a statue of the late Black Panther star.

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