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Mississippi lawmakers vote to remove rebel emblem from flag

Mississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to surrender the Confederate battle emblem from their state flag, triggering raucous applause and cheers more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil War.

Mississippi takes step toward dropping rebel image from flag

Spectators at the Mississippi Capitol broke into applause Saturday as lawmakers took a big step toward erasing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, a symbol that has come under intensifying criticism in recent weeks amid nationwide protests against racial injustice.

 
Travelers weigh push to rename Las Vegas’ McCarran airport

With a slew of commemorative statues and namesakes on buildings being removed in recent weeks due to their likeness having a racist or controversial background, the push to change McCarran International Airport’s name has been reignited.

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