On the front lines of the statue wars: why some want to topple statues but others want to keep them up
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Distorting history or rewriting our future: These activists and historians disagree on how we should remember our past
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Defend History. Tear Down the Confederate Statues. – Mother Jones
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What Will Happen to Problematic D.C. Statues? - Washington City Paper
Dean Hester's Instagram, Twitter & Facebook on IDCrawl
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Coming to terms with Gandhi's complicated legacy, Racism
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Will the Last Confederate Statue Standing Turn Off the Lights? - The New York Times
As America grapples with its history of racism, relics of the past are being toppled by a new generation - ABC News
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Pro and Con: Historic Statue Removal in the United States
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If Kyiv fell, would Moldova have been next?
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Honoring the unforgivable
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Why we topple statues – POLITICO
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Since George Floyd's Death, These Confederate Monuments Have Been Removed In North Carolina
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Are Confederate-Statue Controversies Teachable Moments?
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Inside the Statue Wars
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CrimethInc. : The Government Didn't Remove the Statues—We Did : A Chronology of Statue Topplings during the George Floyd Revolt
Should Confederate monuments stay in public spaces?