In San Francisco, a Reckoning With Toppled Statues Gives Rise to New Monuments ^13.6%

KQED - By Sarah Hotchkiss - 7/8/2026, 1:00 PM

Framing Effect 27.9% - Biased Writer Voice 22.6% - Optimism Bias 17%

In the weeks of protests following the murder of George Floyd, monuments across the country became the focus of intense, righteous energy. For too long, the demonstrators argued, these representations of oppression and violence — sometimes, of outright sedition — had presided over public spaces, warping our understanding of America’s... more