Race
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Juneteenth isn’t just a celebration of freedom. It’s a monument to America’s failures.
The holiday observes the emancipation of enslaved people. Let it also be a time to consider the hypocrisies of the American experiment.
By
Sean Collins
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The impossible task of truth and reconciliation
Commissions are a common tool to expose atrocities after war and genocide. Reconciliation is harder to come by.
By
Jen Kirby
The lofty goals and short life of the antiracist book club
After George Floyd’s death, many white Americans formed book clubs. A year later, they’re wondering, "What now?"
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