Every second Monday in October, the U.S. marks Columbus Day as a federal holiday meant to honor Christopher Columbus’ 1942 voyage. But today, that celebration carries deep controversy, especially for Black, Indigenous and Brown communities. Historic facts often aren’t taught in full when we’re in grade school. Columbus didn’t “discover” America—indigenous peoples have lived across […]
A crew made up of a crane service plus a diver have retrieved most of a Christopher Columbus statue that was thrown into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor over the weekend. Remember you can always take WOLB 1010 with you wherever you go by listening live online or via our app. Protestors tore down the statue that […]
Rachel Dolezal discovered being a Black woman and a White Brooklyn man was caught on video boasting about settling Brooklyn. These are just a few examples of things that have been "Columbused" in recent years.
Native Americans struggle with double consciousness during the Thanksgiving holiday.
For years I’ve had questions about Christopher Columbus and his discovery of the Americas. How it so, when the Native Americans had been in the Americas for a thousand years before Columbus. Was this discovery the beginning of the slave trade? Who was Columbus? Click here to get some answers. Related articles Columbus Day: Celebrating […]
