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New Orleans Mayor Recruited Ken Burns To Try To Build Opposition To Confederate Monuments

Matthew McDonald

Newly publicized email messages show that the New Orleans mayor's office contacted documentary maker Ken Burns, best known for The Civil War, to enlist his public support for removing statues of Confederates shortly before a city council vote in December 2015. The city council voted 6-1 to remove them, and the monuments were removed.

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Church Materials at State Hunting Class Draw Ire of Church-State-Separation Group

Matthew McDonald

The Freedom from Religion Foundation complained to the New Hampshire Fish & Game Department after someone who attended a state-sponsored hunting safety class at a Baptist church in Laconia received church literature in a packet along with official hunter-safety documents.

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