Columbus Day
Columbus Day celebrates an ongoing threat to American democracy
By Robert P. Jones — October 6, 2023
(RNS) — A federal holiday day at odds with our identity as a pluralistic democracy.
United Methodists’ Native American International Caucus calls for end to Columbus Day
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 4, 2022
(RNS) — The caucus is asking Congress to approve several bills replacing the federal holiday with Indigenous Peoples Day.
Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples Day? Getting to the heart of the American identity crisis
By Robert P. Jones — October 8, 2021
(RNS) — This belief in America as a divinely ordained white Christian nation — which has blessed so much brutality in our history — remains linked to denials of our past and support for political violence and anti-democratic sentiment in the present.
How should Jews celebrate Columbus Day?
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 8, 2018
What moral tribe are you part of?
Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples Day? It depends where you live
By Reuters — October 12, 2015
NEW YORK (Reuters) Native Americans and their supporters are trying to rebrand Columbus Day as a holiday that honors indigenous people rather than their European conquerors. In many cities, it's working.
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