Foundry workers at an undisclosed location begin the long process of disassembling and melting down the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The statue was a focal point of deadly riots in Charlottesville, Va. in 2017. Eze Amos/For Swords into Plowshares hide caption toggle caption Eze Amos/For Swords into
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Up First Briefing: Biden's Grand Canyon national monument; health tips from Japan.
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories President Biden will designate nearly a million acres of land near the Grand
Biden is creating a new national monument near the Grand Canyon
President Biden disembarks Air Force One at Grand Canyon National Park Airport in Grand Canyon Village, Ariz., on Monday. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images President Biden disembarks Air Force One at Grand Canyon National Park Airport in Grand Canyon Village, Ariz.,
New national monument comes after more than a decade of advocacy by Native nations
A portion of Grand Canyon National Park and the newly designated Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument Ryan Heinsius/KNAU hide caption toggle caption Ryan Heinsius/KNAU A portion of Grand Canyon National Park and the newly designated Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints
Up First briefing: Climate worsens heat waves; Israel protests; Emmett Till monument
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Climate change is not only making heat waves more common — it’s also
Biden will designate a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother
Emmett Till, from Chicago, had traveled to Mississippi to visit his relatives when he was killed. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Emmett Till, from Chicago, had traveled to Mississippi to visit his relatives when he was killed. AP President Biden will designate a national monument at three sites in
City Approves Design for Shirley Chisholm Monument in Prospect Park
On Monday, city officials approved designs for a monument to Shirley Chisholm, who, in 1968, was elected the first Black woman to serve in Congress, representing a district that encompassed her childhood neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. A national symbol of empowerment for women and people of color, Chisholm was also the
A must-see sunset spectacle at Monument Valley
A sunset spectacle featuring two mitten-shaped rock formations crosses Monument Valley Tribal Park on Wednesday. Vyto Starinskas/AP hide caption toggle caption Vyto Starinskas/AP A sunset spectacle featuring two mitten-shaped rock formations crosses Monument Valley Tribal Park on Wednesday. Vyto Starinskas/AP MONUMENT VALLEY, Utah — A sunset spectacle featuring two mitten-shaped
A new Arkansas law allows an anti-abortion monument at the state Capitol
Then-Arkansas Gov.-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders is pictured at a Republican Governors Association conference in November 2022 in Orlando, Fla. Sanders has signed a new law that will allow an anti-abortion monument to be built near the state Capitol. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP hide caption toggle caption Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Then-Arkansas Gov.-elect
A monument of Harriet Tubman now replaces a statue of Christopher Columbus in Newark
The new Harriet Tubman monument, titled ‘Shadow of a Face’ by architect Nina Cooke John, is in Newark, New Jersey, on Thursday, March 9, 2023. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption toggle caption Ted Shaffrey/AP The new Harriet Tubman monument, titled ‘Shadow of a Face’ by architect Nina Cooke John, is in