Christopher Columbus
STEREOTYPICAL BRUSH
QUINTESSENTIAL QUINCENTENNIAL
The 500th anniversary of the first circumnavigation of the globe puts new light on the shocking testimonies of those who took part in the voyage that changed the world forever.
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Mamma Mia!
Cops are guarding a Manhattan statue of the explorer around the clock. Some people want to destroy American identity, one dead white guy at a time.
NICE TRY, BILL
By calling for the removal of a Christopher Columbus statue, New York’s embattled mayor just took the white nationalists’ false-equivalency bait.
CHANGES
Colleges, cities, small towns, and even states are changing the name of the controversial holiday, and if the trend continues it may be gone completely.
Public Art
The Daily Pic: Tatzu Nishi built a living room around the explorer.
The Genoese mariner’s mark on the American spirit, his meandering voyages to “Asia”—and his fanciful maps.
President Obama made it clear he is ready to walk the walk with Cuba at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad, and is not 'talking just for the sake of talking.' Source: CNN