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Investigative journalism, politics, chart-tastic, sometimes sarcastic. Voted Magazine of the Year, 2017, by the National Association of Magazine Editors.

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    Mother Jones‏Verified account @MotherJones 2 Jul 2015

    It's not just the flags. Look at all these schools named after notorious racists http://bit.ly/1LVeZ4O pic.twitter.com/yyh8tZxUWG

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      1. Chestinho‏ @1chesTinho 2 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones - the racist confederate flag needs to go 😡 white americans are long overdue to be told that their reign of terror is finished!

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      2. Bradleyfornia79‏ @bradleyaz79 2 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones We gotta change city names too. Jefferson, Washington. Then replace Old Glory Herself. Let's just start all over.

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      1. Cali‏ @owlgirlthegr8 3 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones Yeah! SO MUCH IN YOUR http://FACE.One  can measure how entrenched the pride is in admiring lovers of slavery & hate.

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      1. Captain Bootleg‏ @CapBootleg 2 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones but Malcolm X boulevard is ok?

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      1. Wake up !‏ @CognitiveLeaper 2 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones Oh, please..........Let's ban oxygen, next.

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      1. VACUOUS CIPHER‏ @THE_DAILY_BLEAT 2 Jul 2015
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        Those should be re-named for blackface clown presidents, @MotherJones.

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      1. Steven Nelson‏ @sn64867 2 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones Some people who wrote the US Constitution were slave owners, the WHITE HOUSE was built by slaves, next topic?

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      1. Topnotch Will Vote BLUE  🇺🇸‏ @topnotch36532 3 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones @mcspocky So then where do we draw the line!?!?!?

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      1. MysteryApple‏ @ApplesLoIo 2 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones If they can't fly the American flag, they should be treated as foreign investors mot Americans!

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      1. Christina Keifer‏ @MzCardinalGirl 2 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones I can't imagine how it feels to be a minority and go there

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      1. Ruth Scollan ❣‏ @scollan_ruth 2 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones indeed. Flag, streets, schools, probably even a burger.

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      1. prodigalwalk‏ @prodigalwalk 2 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones @KemberleeKaye yah. Woodrow Wilson, Margaret Sanger, Robert Byrd, Andrew Jackson...

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      1. Lawrence B. Erdile‏ @DrLBErdile 2 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones Not that evil deeds expire but objecting to celebrating racists from the 20th century onward might be more reasonable.

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      1. Bully‏ @Bully1O0 2 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones many schools and highways are named after Lee

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      1. Nathan Kok‏ @NathanKok33 2 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones so, then we're throwing Jefferson and Washington out too? What about Lincoln who didn't feel blacks were necessarily his equal?

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      1. GarrielTerrorioDamet‏ @TenorioPraxGab 2 Jul 2015
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        @MotherJones ugh. Went to DW Griffith JHS. In a predominantly Mexican neighborhood. It was weird to us back then after we looked him up.

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