How the End of Civil Conflicts Can Lead to Increased Deforestation
A new study found the loss of forest cover significantly increased in four countries that recently declared peace after years of war.
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Atlanta Has Built a Task Force to Change Street Names Honoring White Supremacists
And it has identified six monuments and roughly 30 street names that could soon possibly meet the chopping block.
In 1850, Moderates in Congress Stressed Comity—and Brought on the Civil War
Stephen E. Maizlish's new book discusses a time much like our own, when radicals in Congress hurled insults while moderates bemoaned a lack of civility.
Bringing Female Voices Into Sudan’s Male-Dominated Peace Talks
A conversation with Rasha El Fangry, the coordinator of the Collaborative for Peace of Sudan.
Breaking Down Yemen’s Escalating Military Strife
This is what's happening in what is now Yemen's fourth year of civil war.
For Schools Parting Ways With Confederate Legacies, There Is No Clear Rubric Forward
You can’t go far in Northern Virginia without being reminded of the Civil War: The historical markers confront…
Why the Far Right’s Rallying Cry of a Leftist ‘Civil War’ Is No Laughing Matter
The allegations of a leftist civil war are just the latest in a string of far-right conspiracy theories. And as we saw with Edgar Maddison Welch and Lane Davis, those conspiracy theories can lead to a violent aftermath.
How This Conservative News Site Misreported a Confederate Monument Rally
A reporter for The Daily Caller neglected to mention he'd given a speech in front of protesters in support of white nationalism.
What’s Missing In Our Coverage of South Sudan’s Civil War
In South Sudan, a civil war has now entered its fourth year of tearing open ethnic divisions and…
Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams During the Civil War
Jonathan W. White argues that the Civil War might have been the most sleepless period in American history.