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Symbols matter – and there’s no stronger symbol than a flag in a post-conflict society.

What message does it send when we remove symbols of an unsavory – but important – part of American history?

It’s disturbing that it has taken so long for politicians and businesses to realize the Confederate flag is a symbol of rebellion and slavery.

The whole world saw the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol. How will the textbooks read by America’s students describe what took place?

On July 6, the South Carolina Senate voted to remove the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds. In the past white-on-black violence has led to real change - but under specific conditions.

What does it mean for any president, much less a black one, to use such a word?

While discord exists over the meaning of the 250th anniversary, Americans strongly believe there is more that unites the country than divides it.

Donald Trump’s attack on racial injustice is an attempt to replace historical consciousness with historical amnesia. It’s a racialized politics of organized forgetting.

Two recent Supreme Court cases on free speech might appear to be at odds with each other, but not if you examine the nuances of the court’s decisions

The South shall rise again – but not on Texas car bumpers. A look at the Supreme Court’s nix on adding Confederate flags to Texas vanity license plates