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.
Civil War
How Calls for Civility Led to 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.
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.
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.
Is There Really a Link Between Climate Change and National Security?
It would appear so, going by current research.
Which War Was the Most American War?
What a playfully arbitrary debate says about American historical memory.
'The Man Without a Country': The Patriotism of Philip Nolan
Edward Everett Hale and the fiction of treason.
How Your Historical Plaque Sausage Gets Made
The process is not nearly as official or meticulous as you might expect.
The Image of a Confederate Flag Is Far From Harmless
A 2010 study found that it can activate anti-black bias in whites.
Is Climate Change to Blame for the Syrian Civil War?
Researchers say yes—human impacts on the climate made droughts leading up to the war two to three times more likely.
What an Electoral Game Changer Actually Looks Like
Despite the usual array of punditry, there's not much President Obama could have done in the weeks leading up to the recent mid-terms to change the outcome.
Political Scientist Forecasted the Central African Republic Genocide
A conversation about the grim business of predicting mass atrocities.
How to Forecast Democracy After a Bloody Civil War
Aid from external rivals is a key variable that can complicate democratization.
The Financial Meltdown of the New Orleans Slave Market
As you watch 12 Years a Slave recall that the market in humanity really was a market—with dizzying asset price changes, speculative bubbles, and a fear of volatility greater than a fear of civil war.
Looking for an Off-Ramp Before Egypt's Civil War
If we had a solid way to predict war, maybe they could be stopped before they even started. Academe is working on making its models better at the task.
Why Are Civil War Reenactments Still Popular?
With 200,000 people expected to flock to Gettysburg for the 150th anniversary of the battle, Civil War reenactments still appear to be going strong.
The Long-Term Harm Caused by Short-Term Exposure to Violence
A study of the political upheaval in Kenya shows what harm violence can have on the children who witness it.
Happy Memorial Day. Thank the Confederacy.
On the surprising origins of an official federal holiday that now marks the opening of summer in the United States.
Robert E. Lee Documentary, Warts-and-All
A new documentary finds that Robert E. Lee, the beau ideal of the Confederate officer and gentleman, also represented some of the less savory aspects of the Lost Cause.