Portland Protesters Topple Statues of Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln

This past Sunday night, protestors toppled statues of former U.S. presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln as a declaration of "rage" toward the controversial holiday, Christopher Columbus Day. Organizers called the event "Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage" in response to the federal holiday named after the 15th-century Italian explorer Christopher Columbus -- a polarizing figure who Native American supporters have claimed spurred centuries of genocide against Indigenous populations in the...