United’s CEO called the Trump policy ‘in deep conflict’ with his company’s values, the latest example of a corporate leader speaking out on a political issue, something almost unheard of a few decades ago.
The abolitionist’s legacy is often molded to fit various political agendas. Yet the Brown who appears in Showtime’s new miniseries is one we haven’t seen before.
Robert E. Lee is one of the most memorialised figures of the American civil war. Here’s why that causes so much anger.
Having stoked white resentment for his own benefit throughout his campaign, Trump is still emboldening it.
The violence sparked by the removal of Confederate statues in the US shows the ideas that collect around historical monuments. Sometimes it’s better to remove them; yet they can be an important way of remembering trauma.
Barack Obama may have chosen Mandela’s words for his tweet precisely because they offered some distance from the political space in the US.
Our society is now intolerant of those who are intolerant of others; they can be legally penalised. But is that in itself a failure of tolerance?
The alt-right is trying to subvert America’s history of opposition to fascism.
To pitch an alternative timeline, you first have to believe a particular narrative of real history. That’s where things can go wrong.
One white educator reflects on the challenges, and the urgency, of tackling white supremacy in schools and on campuses in every country
