For the first time in U.S. history, a sitting President will visit a federal prison.
Behind the News
For All the Hereafter: Obergefell v. Hodges
Why the Supreme Court’s majority ruled according to the original intent of the Fourteenth Amendment.
We Don’t Have Enough Contempt for Nathan Bedford Forrest
Though the removal of monuments to Forrest is a great step forward, the arguments given for removing them have been far too narrow.
Gunning for the Flag: Guns and Reconstruction
Before white supremacists in the post-emancipation United States ever reached for the Confederate battle flag, they reached for their guns.
UNC’s Silent Sam and Honoring the Confederacy
The statue, dedicated to UNC students and alumni who fought for the Confederacy, was spray-painted with the words “Black Lives Matter,” “Murderer,” and “KKK.”
A New Deal for Greece?
Americans will be surprised to learn that Greece’s ruling Syriza party has turned to American liberalism for inspiration.
“I Want My Country Back” and Exclusionary Visions of America
“You’re taking over our country” echoes longstanding national narratives and has become prominent once again in conservative discourse.
America’s Long History of Racial Fear
Calling Wednesday’s shootings in Charleston a “tragedy” makes this explosion of murderous violence seem like an accident. It isn’t.
A Rebellious Act: The Founding of Charleston’s African Church
The founding of Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church was itself a revolutionary act.
The Charleston Massacre and the Rape Myth of Reconstruction
If Dylann Roof is deranged, his derangement is deeply steeped in a history of white supremacy that has long expressed the threat of black economic and political power in sexual terms.