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Flag Controversies and Race Politics in a Civil War Town
On July 4, 2015, the Confederate flag flew in Gettysburg once more - 152 years after the Civil War battle that made the town famous.
Hidden Origins of Syria’s Civil War
The origins of the Syrian War go beyond a one sided tale of good guy protesters vs. bad guy protesters.
Confederate Deserters: The Rebels You Rarely Hear About
Those who romanticize the Confederacy can learn valuable lessons from the legacy of rebel deserters.
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It’s Over
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We Were Never Meant to Survive: A Response to the Attack in Charleston
This country has never valued Black people. We cannot consider ourselves safe anywhere.
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Radical Walt! (Whitman, That Is)
The negatives so powerful today would, in the eyes of Walt Whitman, surely be overcome.
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From “The Birth of a Nation” to “American Sniper”: In the Dark With Our Eyes Open
“American Sniper” has exploded on the national scene, sending reverberations back 100 years to D.W. Griffith's “The Birth of a Nation.”
Syrians in the Golan Heights Stuck Between Sectarian War and Unjust Occupation
Syrians in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hear the constant shelling of the civil war that divides their community while living through the decades-old Israeli occupation that dominates daily life.
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The New York Times: Everybody Who’s Anybody Wants to Bomb Syria
Why would the Obama administration want to get the United States more deeply involved militarily in Syria? Didn't US public opinion decisively reject this last fall?
Is Ukraine Descending Into Civil War?
Professors Nicolai Petro and Aleksandr Buzgalin discuss the factional clashes in the Ukrainian city of Odessa and how the international community can deescalate tensions.