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White Supremacy in the Age of Trump by Keri Leigh Merritt Never forget that this country has a long history of upper-class whites using racism to their advantage.

What to do with Confederate statues? by James Glaser Could Russia teach us something about how to deal with difficult aspects of our national history?

The Civil War, race and the whitewashing of history by Jonathan Zimmerman The vast majority of Confederate memorials — including the Lee statue in Charlottesville — were erected in the early 20th century.

Why Does This Georgia Town Honor One of America's Worst War Criminals? by Greg Bailey The monument to Confederate officer Henry Wirz is down the road from the graveyard of his many victims.

Who Will Tell Your Story? Probably Not Donald Trump. by Tim Murphy Our national monuments are in his hands now.

If an Iranian president talked like Trump we’d think them all nut cases by Juan Cole Now it is America’s turn to be ridiculed for having a madman as a president.

Making Affirmative Action White Again by Ira Katznelson Any decision to reorient the Civil Rights Division would be based on the fiction that we already possess a level playing field.

The Liberal Crackup by Mark Lilla Liberals should reject the divisive, zero-sum politics of identity and find their way back to a unifying vision of the common good.

‘McCarthyism’ Is Wildly Overused—but this Higgins Memo Is the Real Deal by Ronald Radosh For Tail-Gunner Joe, it was liberals and communists; for the fired NSC staffer—and for Steve Bannon and others—it’s the left and Islamists. But the attack is exactly the same.

The Two Andrew Jacksons by Michael Kazin Jacksonian democracy may have been liberating for some, but it was repressive for many others.