CHICAGO (WLS) -- Activists upset over the removal of Christopher Columbus statues in Chicago are demanding they be returned just ahead of the Columbus holiday Monday. The group gathered in Chicago's ...

“When monuments mislead, they are taking space that could go to other, more accurate histories, or to artworks that pose questions instead of asserting answers.” Monuments shape public space by ...

CHICAGO — A statue of Christopher Columbus in downtown Chicago's Grant Park was taken down early Friday, a week after protesters trying to topple the monument to the Italian explorer clashed with ...

Five years after statues of storied Italian explorer Christopher Columbus were toppled, beheaded and otherwise vandalized across America in the name of "social justice," the issue has once again been ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Columbus Day has become a controversial holiday over the years, and, as people push to remove more of his statues, some Italian Americans are asking for more unity as they celebrate ...

James Sisto argues that removing Columbus statues and renaming Columbus Day disrespects Italian Americans in Columbus, Ohio. He criticizes local leaders for replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous ...

James Sisto is the vice chair of the Education Assistance Corporation of the Columbus Italian Club and the representative of the Columbus Italian Club on the Columbus Arts Council’s Christopher ...