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The End of the Veiled Prophet

The End of the Veiled Prophet The End of the Veiled Prophet

After over a century, the unelected mascot of St. Louis is finally losing its place in public life.

Jul 9, 2021 / Devin Thomas O’Shea

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Can the NAACP Succeed Where Everyone Else Has Failed? Can the NAACP Succeed Where Everyone Else Has Failed?

The organization is suing Trump on behalf of Representative Bennie Thompson, a survivor of the Capitol insurrection, under the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act.

Feb 17, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Don’t Hide the Art of Philip Guston

Don’t Hide the Art of Philip Guston Don’t Hide the Art of Philip Guston

We should be able to distinguish racist imagery from imagery depicting racists.

Oct 30, 2020 / Barry Schwabsky

Trump’s Geriatric Race War

Trump’s Geriatric Race War Trump’s Geriatric Race War

In an aging America, the central question becomes what do retirees fear most: racial diversity or the pandemic?

Jun 29, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Ku Klux Klan

When the KKK Played Against an All-Black Baseball Team When the KKK Played Against an All-Black Baseball Team

For the white-robed, playing a black team was a gift-wrapped photo op, a chance to show that the Klan was part of the local community—even the black citizens.

Jun 22, 2020 / John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro

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White Supremacy Is Terrorism, Not a Difference of Opinion White Supremacy Is Terrorism, Not a Difference of Opinion

An Indiana city learns that a weak response to white supremacists has predictable consequences.

Aug 19, 2019 / Ed Burmila

Alex Jones

A Reporter’s Long, Strange Trip Into the Darkest Parts of the American Mind A Reporter’s Long, Strange Trip Into the Darkest Parts of the American Mind

In Republic of Lies, Anna Merlan documents our age of conspiracy.

May 9, 2019 / Talia Lavin

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The Trump Family’s History With the KKK The Trump Family’s History With the KKK

Linda Gordon on Fred Trump, plus Nancy MacLean on the roots of the right.

Jan 4, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Mitch McConnell

Against Trump, Republicans Are All Talk and No Action Against Trump, Republicans Are All Talk and No Action

As long as Republicans fail to show the moral or political courage to hold Trump accountable, the whole party is complicit.

Aug 29, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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In Charlottesville, It Felt Like the Confederacy Was Trying to Rise Again In Charlottesville, It Felt Like the Confederacy Was Trying to Rise Again

But progressives, leftists, and people of conscience were determined not to let the hate warriors get their way.

Aug 15, 2017 / Jordan Green

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