The national protest movement that has erupted in the wake of George Floyd's death has rekindled a fire under the cultural tinderbox known as the American Confederacy. In the past week, public ...

Banning mere symbols that are perceived to be a threat to our thriving democracy gives those symbols and the few people who want to display them more power, writes Letepe Maisela. This past Wednesday, ...

Flags, statues , monuments, and the ... I have tried to think about what our symbols stand for — the ideal behind them and the ... A plaque commemorating fallen African-American soldiers that ...

For one, removing Confederate banners and placing them in museums—as President Obama, among others, has urged—is more feasible than dismantling the hundreds of statues, many far too large for ...

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA — One day after the funeral of Nelson Mandela, a nine-meter-high statue of South Africa's first black president was unveiled at the country's official seat of government ...