Jane, Dara, and Matt on Confederate Memorials, Woodrow Wilson, and the battle for historical memory.
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"Woodrow Wilson was extremely racist — even by the standards of his time" by Dylan Matthews, Vox
"Inside the growing movement to ditch Columbus Day and celebrate Native Americans instead" by Victoria M. Massie, Vox
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