Trump Resurrected the Statue of a Slave Owner. Its Pedestal Cost Taxpayers $527K. (opens in new tab)

In April, the National Park Service placed a statue of Caesar Rodney, one of America’s Founding Fathers, in Freedom Plaza, a small park near the White House. That installation drew notice, and criticism, because Rodney, a plantation owner from Delaware who played a key role in crafting the Declaration of Independence, enslaved people—a complication that […]