Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 10, 2015
On Friday, South Carolina took its Confederate flag down from the grounds of its State House, where it had flown for more than 50 years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigJul 10, 2015
For most of my life, a flag representing white supremacist violence against black people flew at the capitol of my native state. It is a very big deal that this emblem of hatred and oppression is finally coming down. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJul 9, 2015
The South Carolina Legislature has voted to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the Statehouse. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 8, 2015
Last week, as Charleston mourned its dead and Confederate flags came down, I spoke to Ed Sebesta about his life's work, researching and challenging the neo-Confederates. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
By Greg Grandin, TomDispatchJul 8, 2015
The Department of Defense says it isn’t even reviewing the possibility of a ban on the Confederate flag, deciding instead to leave any such move to the various service branches, while military bases named after Confederate officers will remain so. One factor in this decision: The South provides more than 40 percent of all military recruits, many of them white; only 15 percent are from the Northeast. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
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