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What to do with Confederate statues?

  • Written by James Glaser, Professor, Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, Tufts University

Could Russia teach us something about how to deal with difficult aspects of our national history?

Many places in the South – from New Orleans to Louisville – are in the process of bringing down statues that glorify the Confederacy. That process raises questions about what to do with these remnants of the past. Do we just toss them into...

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