Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been accused in a lawsuit of hurling obscenities at a city lawyer who tried to defy her wishes by releasing a statue of Christopher Columbus.
The annual Columbus Day Parade returned to New York City on Monday after being canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic amid the boos directed at New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio.
NYC schools on Tuesday removed Columbus Day from school holiday calendar
It was initially replaced with Indigenous People s Day, drawing backlash
Many of New York s Italian Americans view the Columbus holiday with pride
But the historical figure Columbus is divisive for killing and oppressing natives
Schools reversed and said will be Italian Heritage Day/Indigenous People s Day
New calendar also makes Juneteenth a holiday, celebrating end of slavery in US
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