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The growing backlash against Southern kitsch

As America’s politics and mood change, there’s a call to end the cultural myths of the American South

Emma Teitel’s advice for gropers, and also pro football teams

The big ethical blind spot in defences of the Washington Redskins’ name is the fact that pride is nothing compared to pain

If America wants real progress on equality, it has to get serious

While the nation applauds banning a racist flag, real problems with race and inequality rage on. Why there’s not enough action in America

‘Finish it’: Ex Canadian ambassador who put Confederate flag where it is today

David Wilkins, who brokered a 2000 compromise deal to put the Confederate flag in a less prominent spot, wants the flag gone

Juneteenth in Charleston: Grief, suffering and blame

The first shots of the Civil War were fired here. The stains of grief, hatred and vengeance have not been erased.