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New evidence shows what the 30-foot-tall Confederate memorial was actually meant to commemorate.
Vinson Cunningham’s new novel takes the reader back to a time when many thought the nation’s first Black president had an answer for every American ailment.
An overlooked effect of the legislation, passed 60 years ago this week, was its powerful message of hope for Black Americans.
The chief threats to us and to world order come from weak, collapsed, or failed states. Learning how to fix such states—and building necessary political support at home—will be a defining issue for America in the century ahead