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Robert E. Lee
September 6, 2021
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Casey Michel
The Traitor Robert E. Lee Finally Gets His Just Deserts
A gargantuan monument to the rebel general will come down in the capital of the Confederacy.
August 6, 2020
Magazine
Kate Wagner
The Secret History of America’s Worthless Confederate Monuments
They’re cheap, mass produced, and celebrate the Jim Crow South. So why do conservatives persist in calling them art?
August 16, 2018
Matt Ford
Mississippi GOP Senate hopeful waxes plagiaristically poetic over Robert E. Lee.
November 1, 2017
Jeet Heer
Let’s Relitigate the Civil War
There can be no "compromise" with the false view of America's past from Trumpists and pop historians alike.
August 18, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Trump, On Beauty
The President’s sudden interest in sculpture comes as something of a surprise.
August 16, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump’s Fan-Service to His Base Is Tearing America Apart
The president doesn't pretend to represent all citizens—just his most hardcore supporters.
March 10, 2016
Zachary Fine
Not All Racist Monuments Should Be Torn Down
Preserving them risks legitimizing white supremacy, but removing them risks erasing our mistakes. Here's a third way.
April 7, 2015
Brian Beutler
Southerners Shouldn't Take Attacks on the Confederacy Personally
And they should embrace the idea of celebrating the country's reunion
November 19, 2011
John DeVore
Newt Gingrich Is an Author of Alternative Histories. What If He Wrote an Alternative History of Himself?
June 30, 2011
Drew Gilpin Faust
Telling War Stories
May 13, 2011
Jonathan Chait
The Common Hysteria And What It Means
December 31, 2010
Elizabeth D. Samet
Military Metamorphoses
November 20, 2006
Steven Hahn
Homegrown Terror
August 2, 2004
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Jason Zengerle
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