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Richard Russell
February 23, 2023
Pablo Manríquez
The U.S. Senate Has Three Buildings. Why Is One Still Named for a White Supremacist?
Georgia’s Richard Russell was an unrepentant racist. You’d think a name change would be a no-brainer. And yet...
April 26, 2021
Walter Shapiro
The U.S. Senate’s Oldest Office Building Honors a Racist
Richard Russell was a segregationist and a fervent opponent of civil rights. So why does his name still adorn the Russell Senate Office Building?
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Jeet Heer
Republicans don’t want Democrats to rename a building to honor John McCain.
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Jonathan Bernstein
Hold History
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Tad Szulc
The Warren Commission In Its Own Words

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