artnet News asks 12 experts how best to advance the cause of justice. Virginia State Police in riot gear stand in front of the statue of General Robert E. Lee before forcing white nationalists, ...

Last month, dozens of protesters squared off against 50 police officers in riot gear at the state Capitol and began to chant. “Tear down Gordon! Tear down Gordon!” The target of their ire was the ...

It's hard to forget the violence that broke out in Charlottesville, Virginia seven months ago when hundreds of white supremacists showed up to protest the proposed removal of a statue of General ...

Last weekend’s white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, began as a protest against the city’s plan to remove a statue memorializing Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Efforts to remove ...

Installation view of 'MONUMENTS,' October 23, 2025, through May 3, 2026, at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. Los Angeles never had Confederate monuments. Until now. A joint exhibition hosted by The ...

Trump has the authority to abolish national monuments set aside by past presidents, according to a Justice Department opinion released this week. Elected officials fear the ruling could give Trump ...

On June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof walked into a Bible-study session at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Charleston, South Carolina, and opened fire with a handgun, murdering nine Black ...

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As part of a sweeping order, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum called for a review and potential revision of national monuments. The Interior Department is now assessing reports on how to comply with his ...

All of America's national monuments must be reviewed for potential oil and gas drilling and mining reserves, critics say, per bureaucratic language tucked deep in a sweeping order issued on Monday by ...

No president has ever abolished a national monument, and it has been more than 50 years since a president shrank one. Nor has Congress revoked any significant monuments. The high regard given these ...