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Police in New York County make first arrest


Police in New York County make first arrest

An 18-year-old was arrested after officers responded to reports that a “man was wearing a mask to conceal his identity,” Nassau County police said. Nassau County government signs mask ban law effective immediately A new law in New York makes it illegal to wear a mask in public to conceal one’s identity. Masks worn for […]

Tennessee: Judge rules Confederate flag can be removed from county seal


Tennessee: Judge rules Confederate flag can be removed from county seal

The reckoning with the Confederates: Why monuments and symbols are being removed While Confederate monuments are memorials to the dead for some, for many others they glorify slavery, racism and oppression. Mike Fant, Nashville Tennessean A Davidson County chancellor ruled this week that Williamson County can remove the image of the Confederate flag from its […]