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Washington’s Legacy for American Jews: ‘To Bigotry No Sanction’

In 1790, as the First Amendment was being ratified, George Washington made a promise to American Jews.

by Jed S. Rakoff via New York Review of Books on September 23, 2019

There’s a New Way to Deal with Confederate Monuments

Officials in a number of towns and cities are putting up signs to explain the monuments' racist history.

by Hannah Natanson via Washington Post on September 22, 2019

Protester at an "America First" rally.

The Great-Granddaddy of White Nationalism

Thomas Dixon’s racist discourse lurks in American politics and society even today.

by Diane Roberts via Southern Cultures on September 18, 2019

How to Fight 8chan Medievalism—and Why We Must

White supremacists are co-opting the Middle Ages. Fighting back requires us to tell better, fuller stories about the period.

by David M. Perry via Pacific Standard on June 27, 2019

Robert E. Lee statue

Mistaken Ruling over Lee and Jackson Statues Extends Charlottesville Harm

The Lee and Jackson statues were erected not to mourn their deaths, but to glorify their character.

by Frank Dukes via Salon on May 11, 2019

Brazil’s Long, Strange Love Affair with the Confederacy Ignites Racial Tension

In Brazil, some descendants of defeated Confederate immigrants still believe the war for secession was a noble cause.

by Jordan Brasher via The Conversation on May 6, 2019

Neo-Nazis hold flags during a National Socialist Movement rally at Greenville Street Park in Newnan, Georgia, on April 21, 2018.

On the Rise of “White Power”

The author of a book on paramilitary white supremacy discusses the methods and ethics of researching racial violence.

by Kathleen Belew, Monica Muñoz Martinez via Public Books on April 19, 2019

'Not a Racist Bone in His Body’: The Origins of the Default Defense Against Racism

The rise of the colorblind ideology that prevents us from addressing racism.

by Justin Gomer, Christopher F. Petrella via Made By History on April 11, 2019

The Troubling History Behind Ralph Northam’s Blackface Klan Photo

How blackface shaped Virginia politics and culture for more than a century.

by Rhae Lynn Barnes via Made By History on February 2, 2019

The History Before Us

How can we be sure the atrocities of the past will stay in the past?

by Jessica Jacobs via Guernica on January 21, 2019

The Costs of the Confederacy

In the last decade, taxpayers have spent at least $40 million on Confederate monuments and groups that perpetuate racist ideology.

by Brian Palmer, Seth Freed Wessler via Smithsonian on November 28, 2018

A Century of American Protest

A side-by-side look at some of the political protests that have shaped American politics over the past hundred years.

by Eric Maierson via The New Yorker on November 5, 2018

Four Ku Klux Klan members wearing robes and hoods.

The Ku Klux Klan and America’s First "Fake News" Crisis

When the white-supremacist group terrorized the South during Reconstruction, many people denied that it even existed.

by Matt Ford via The New Republic on October 30, 2018

Not Even Trump Wants to Praise Robert E. Lee

Most of President Donald Trump's 20th-century predecessors expressed profound admiration for Confederate general Robert E. Lee.

by Yoni Appelbaum via The Atlantic on October 15, 2018

Stop Worrying About a Second Civil War

Predictions of society coming undone reflect deep anxieties over the divisions roiling the country, but these professed fears about our future actually provide hope.

by Jason Phillips via Made By History on October 12, 2018

Robert E. Lee surrendering to Ulysses Grant.

Why Some White Americans see Racial Equality as Oppression

White victimhood's roots in the Civil War.

by Martha Hodes via Made By History on August 27, 2018

Here's Why Republicans' Disturbing Romance With the Racist Confederacy Is so Troubling

The road to the violence around statues is paved with hate, lies, and political gamesmanship.

by W. Fitzhugh Brundage via AlterNet on August 17, 2018

White Supremacy Has Always Been Mainstream

“Very fine people”—fathers and husbands, as well as mothers and daughters—have always been central to the work of white supremacy.

by Stephen Kantrowitz via Boston Review on July 23, 2018

Where Does the War on History End?

Those who seek to hide the achievements of our greatest men and women are making a monumental mistake.

by Tony Parsons via British GQ on June 21, 2018

Declaration of War

The violent rise of white supremacy after the Vietnam War.

by Patrick Blanchfield via The Nation on June 20, 2018

Washington and Lee Confronts Its History

When a college is named for two slave owners, one of whom was a Confederate hero, history is complicated.

by Scott Jaschik via Inside Higher Ed on May 29, 2018

End of the American Dream? The Dark History of 'America First'

When he promised to put America first in his inaugural speech, Donald Trump drew on a slogan with a long and sinister history.

by Sarah Churchwell via The Guardian on April 21, 2018

Statues Offensive To Native Americans Are Poised To Topple Across The U.S.

No other city has taken down a monument to a president for his misdeeds, but Arcata is poised to do just that with a statue of William McKinley.

by Jaweed Kaleem via Los Angeles Times on April 1, 2018

How Charles Koch Is Helping Neo-Confederates Teach College Students

The Koch Foundation is often praised for its higher-ed funding, but the money is going to some radical professors.

by Alex Kotch via The Nation on March 21, 2018

Columbus Circle Without Columbus?

New York's statue debate hits Italian-Americans hard.

by Harry Bruinius via The Christian Science Monitor on December 15, 2017

KKK march in Washington in 1925.

The Second Klan

Linda Gordon’s new book captures how white supremacy has long been part of our political mainstream.

by Kevin M. Kruse via The Nation on December 13, 2017

Confederate Revisionist History

Americans should not honor a revolt to uphold slavery with monuments or florid displays.

by Douglas Massey via Public Books on November 8, 2017

Louis Beam

Armed Resistance, Lone Wolves, and Media Messaging: Meet the Godfather of the ‘Alt-Right’

There would be no Richard Spencer without Louis Beam.

by Laura Smith via Timeline on November 6, 2017

John Kelly Calls Robert E. Lee An ‘Honorable Man’ and Says ‘Lack of Compromise’ Caused The Civil War

The White House chief of staff set off a firestorm Monday after his comments on the Confederate general.

by Eli Rosenberg, Cleve R. Wootson Jr. via Washington Post on October 31, 2017

The Road to Charlottesville Runs Through Americus, Georgia

While Trump's response was unprecedented, the inclination to highlight violence on the Left – especially from black Americans – is not.

by Ansley L. Quiros via The Activist History Review on October 6, 2017

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