Northampton School Committee Approves Confederate Flag Ban
Middle school students said they felt unsafe after seeing classmates display or wear the flag during remote classes.
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Middle school students said they felt unsafe after seeing classmates display or wear the flag during remote classes.
As the nation — and at last, NASCAR — comes to grips with race relations in the wake of the death of George Floyd, it was time: The flag is no longer welcome in the stock car series.
Police are asking for the public's help in their search for the person who put a burned Confederate flag in a mailbox in New Hampshire.
A viewer wanted to know how displaying such a divisive symbol can be allowed, especially since the campground is on town owned land.
The principal at Newton North High School says several students drove around around school grounds waving a large Confederate flag in what he called a "deeply troubling incident."
A municipal employee in the small New Hampshire town of Canaan can no longer fly a Confederate flag from his pickup truck while on town property.
Lynyrd Skynyrd began phasing use of the Confederate flag a few years ago. Another Southern band, the Drive-By Truckers, agrees. "It's well past time for all the Southern states to move on."
A novelty item supplier headquartered in southeastern Massachusetts is one of the latest retailers to remove the Confederate flag from its merchandise.
Taking it down immediately isn't a cave-in to political correctness.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is among those who believe it's time for the Confederate flag to come down.
Affixed to an old tree, high above Walpole High School's athletic fields, the large Confederate flag is difficult to miss.
Gov. Charlie Baker has apologized for saying South Carolina residents "can make their own call" about flying the Confederate flag outside their state capitol.
