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confederate monuments
May 10, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Virginia Schools Stop Virtue Signaling, Bring Back Confederate Names
The Shenandoah County school board voted to reinstate the Confederate names of its schools.
September 6, 2021
Casey Michel
The Traitor Robert E. Lee Finally Gets His Just Deserts
A gargantuan monument to the rebel general will come down in the capital of the Confederacy.
August 9, 2021
Eric Herschthal
The Fate of Confederate Monuments Should Be Clear
We know why they were built and why they have to come down.
August 14, 2020
Magazine
Jabari Asim
The Douglass Republic
How today's protests are struggling to reclaim the vision of the great abolitionist leader
August 6, 2020
Magazine
Kate Wagner
The Secret History of America’s Worthless Confederate Monuments
They’re cheap, mass produced, and celebrate the Jim Crow South. So why do conservatives persist in calling them art?
December 3, 2019
Nick Martin
Why Is the UNC System Giving Confederate Apologists $2.5 Million?
The board of governors has chosen a baffling route out of a controversy over Civil War memorials.
October 31, 2017
Sarah Jones
Who could have predicted that John Kelly would have racist views about the Civil War?
September 15, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer Is Painting the News
The artist's first New York solo show features images of toppled confederate monuments and police brutality.
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