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Confederacy

We can put up statues while the rest of the country takes them down.

We Used to Put Statues Up, and We Still Can

We can do something to memorialize the history we’d like to see get more attention—and we can do it all more easily than we ever have before.
By Joe Carr
A monument featuring a statue of a Confederate soldier is seen in Hemming Park in the midst of a national controversy over whether Confederate symbols should be removed from public display on August 20, 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida.

No, Removing These Statues Will Not Solve Underlying Racial Problems

There's a legitimate discussion to be had, in civil tones and terms, over which monuments should stay and where they should best be placed.
By Charlie Gerow
President Donald Trump.

Dear Donald Trump: The Civil War Never Actually Ended

One expects the president to have at least a cursory understanding of American history.
By Cliston Brown
A detail of Arlington National Cemetery’s Confederate Memorial – unveiled in 1914 – depicts a black soldier fighting alongside his white master.

Why the Case for the Removal of Confederate Memorials Isn’t So Clear-Cut

By Alfred L. Brophy
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders debating in Flint on Sunday.

Hillary Clinton Routs Bernie Sanders In Mississippi

By Will Bredderman
Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo. (Photo: NYC Council/William Alatriste)

Local Councilwoman Condemns Planned Brooklyn Flag Burning

By Will Bredderman
The Confederate flag is seen next to the monument of the victims of the Civil War in Columbia, South Carolina on June 20, 2015. The racially divisive Confederate battle flag flew at full-mast despite others flying at half-staff in South Carolina after the killing of nine black people in an historic African-American church in Charleston on June 17. Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old white male suspected of carrying out the Emanuel African Episcopal Methodist Church bloodbath, was one of many southern Americans who identified with the 13-star saltire in red, white and blue. AFP PHOTO/MLADEN ANTONOV (Photo credit should read MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Let the Confederacy Finally Die

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
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