charlottesville protests

A Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Virginia.

What to do with America’s Confederate statues and monuments

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Culture

Do monuments and memorials need to change as society changes? If so, is that changing history or is it changing memory?

What to do with America’s Confederate statues and monuments
Protesters hold signs in front of the White House

This is why most of the counter-protesters in Charlottesville were white

August 14, 2017
Conflict
This is why most of the counter-protesters in Charlottesville were white
White supremacists stand behind their shields at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2017.

Three ways the Trump administration has downplayed white supremacy

August 14, 2017
Justice
Three ways the Trump administration has downplayed white supremacy

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