Books
The Meanings of Minimalist Memorials
Monuments are built only when the political struggle they commemorate has been definitively won.
public memorials
Opinion
When a Lynching Memorial Becomes a Photo Opportunity
A reflection on the commodification of Jim Crow's violence through public memorials.
News
Is Spain's Decision to Exhume Franco's Body a Goodwill Gesture or a Politically Motivated Ploy?
The leftist government's decision to dig up the dictator's body from its resting place after four decades in the country's most important memorial site threatens to open old wounds.