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Confederacy

Posted inHighlight, Quote Posts

‘The South Is Different Now. So Are We.’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 13, 2019October 19, 2022

On two tours of the South, taken 20 years apart, Pete Candler uncovers truths about his family and the place he comes from.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Deeper South

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 12, 2019October 19, 2022

On two road trips wandering the backroads of the South — taken 20 years apart — Pete Candler discovers many truths about his family and the place he comes from.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes

A Confederacy of (Dangerous) Dunces

by Sari Botton November 5, 2018October 19, 2022

Rebecca Solnit argues that the American Confederacy lives on, with Donald Trump at the helm.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The American Civil War Didn’t End. And Trump is a Confederate President.

by Sari Botton November 5, 2018October 19, 2022

In her new column for The Guardian, Rebecca Solnit makes a solid argument that Donald Trump’s presidency, and his fervent support from white racists, mark an attempt of the Confederacy to rise again.

Posted inBooks, Current Events, Story

Little Führers Everywhere

by Longreads February 21, 2018October 19, 2022

Vegas Tenhold spent six years covering the disorganized chaos of hate groups, and watched as they began to gather around a few media savvy voices.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction

American Sphinx

by Colin Dickey August 31, 2017October 19, 2022

Civil War monuments in the North erased an emancipated Black population. But the Sphinx looked to a new world: an integrated Africa and America.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story

American Sphinx

by Colin Dickey August 31, 2017October 19, 2022

Civil War monuments in the North erased an emancipated Black population. But the Sphinx looked to a new world: an integrated Africa and America.

Posted inNonfiction, Op-Ed

What Thomas Jefferson Taught Me About Charlottesville and America

by Joshua Adams August 17, 2017October 19, 2022

University of Virginia grad Joshua Adams believes that if you want to understand the recent violence there, look back at history and the school’s complicated founder.

Posted inNonfiction, Op-Ed, Story

What Thomas Jefferson Taught Me About Charlottesville and America

by Joshua Adams August 17, 2017October 19, 2022

University of Virginia grad Joshua Adams believes that if you want to understand the recent violence there, look back at history and the school’s complicated founder.

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