Rewriting the Past: The Return of Confederate Monuments Under Trump

By honoring disgraced figures like Albert Pike while silencing the stories of historically marginalized groups, Trump intends to alter the story of the United States into a nation that is based on nostalgia for a glamorized past, rather than accountability. The administration’s campaign to “restore truth and sanity” risks normalizing an idealized version of history that completely erases the oppression of marginalized groups and distorts the legacy of those who fought for freedom and equality for all Americans.

Columns, Opinion, Editor's PicksKhadija MohammedDecember 7, 2025Confederacy, Monuments, Trump Confederate Comment

Robert E. Lee Statue Removed in Richmond — Debate Over Monuments Continues

“On Wednesday September 8th, a massive bronze statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was removed from its pedestal on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia. The actions in Virginia’s capital city were met with cheers and song from the crowd that gathered to watch the state’s largest statue of Lee finally come down. Governor Ralph Northam originally ordered the statue’s removal in June of 2020, though a series of lawsuits and court battles prolonged its removal, ultimately leading to a ruling from the Supreme Court of Virginia.”

NationalAdam TatumSeptember 18, 2021Confederacy, Civil War, Confederate StatuesComment

Right Wing, White-Supremacist Violence Highlighted in Report on Domestic Terrorism

“An update to the CSIS report released at the end of last month confirmed that nearly two-thirds (41%-67%) of right-wing domestic terrorism attacks in 2020 came from white supremacists, often associated with neo-nazi groups like the Order, the American Nazi Party and Vanguard America.”