Five Things You Had To See Online This Week
This week in "Thanks, Internet" — Mario sinks Confederate flag, a Teen Spirit smashes a shovel, Rihanna's favorite veggie is KoRn, man in giraffe mask lip syncs Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" in act...
View ArticleDesigning a New Symbol for the South
The June murders of nine African Americans by a white supremacist in Charleston, South Carolina, led to a debate over the symbolism of the Confederate battle flag. Big retailers have stopped selling...
View ArticleDoes the South Even Need Its Own Flag?
When we launched our latest Redesign project, we decided to work with a Dallas design firm to see if we could come up with a new visual iconography for the South — a representation of the South as it...
View ArticleRedesigning the South: Quilts vs. Rebels
Earlier this summer, we asked the design firm 70kft to take on our latest Redesign challenge: coming up with a new symbol for the South to replace the Confederate battle flag. We’ve been following...
View ArticleTexas Debates Confederate License Plates
The Texas DMV will decide on Thursday whether to accept a license place with the Confederate flag on it. Texas would become the 10th state to approve a Confederate flag vanity plate — applications are...
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Climate Change, Candidate Talk and Tragedy in Charleston
Were the Charleston murders an act of terrorism or a hate crime?
View ArticleThe Confederate Flag: Heritage or Hate?
The Confederate battle flag flies high above the state capitol in Columbia, South Carolina, less than 120 miles away from the site where nine parishioners were brutally murdered at a historically black...
View ArticleThe Flag Is Still There
On Monday, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley called for the removal of the Confederate flag from the grounds of the state Capitol. Yoni Appelbaum, senior editor for politics at The Atlantic, offers...
View ArticleNJ Flag Manufacturer Stops Production of Confederate Flag
The nation's oldest and largest flag manufacturer has decided to stop making and selling the Confederate flag.Annin Flagmakers announced its decision Tuesday. The northern New Jersey company's...
View ArticleThe Confederate Flag & A History of Toxic Symbols
Virtually over night, the Confederate flag has gone from a celebrated symbol of the South to a toxic pariah that no one wants to touch. The flag has been banned from a number of retailers—including...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Women on 20s, Almost Car-Free Parks, Flag Is Still There
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Women on 20s (First) | Almost Car-Free Parks (Starts at 15:53) | The Flag Is Still There (Starts at 42:59)If you don't subscribe to...
View ArticleIran Nuclear Deal; Taking Down the Confederate Flag; Christie’s Big...
Today marks the final deadline for the Iran nuclear negotiations, but questions remain over how to interpret the preliminary agreement from two months ago. On the next Brian Lehrer Show, New York...
View ArticleTaking Down the Flag
Jelani Cobb, associate professor of history and the director of the Africana Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut and a contributor to The New Yorker, and Jonathan Martin, a New York...
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South Carolina Legislators Debate Removing Confederate Flag
Wall Street Journal Atlanta bureau reporter Valerie Bauerlein and Washington Post reporter Elahe Izadi discuss the ongoing debate in South Carolina's legislature to remove the Confederate flag from the...
View ArticleAfter Bitter Debate, South Carolina Votes To Drop Confederate Flag
Last night, the South Carolina State House of Representatives debated over taking down the Confederate battle flag from the statehouse grounds. The bill stalled over an amendment to replace the battle...
View ArticleThanks, Internet: The Best Five Things Online This Week
Every Friday, Sean Rameswaram, a producer with Studio 360 and host of the podcast Sideshow, rounds up the week in internet phenomena. This week in "Thanks, Internet" — Mario sinks Confederate flag, a...
View ArticleVideo: Tuba Player Mocks White Supremacist Marchers with 'Ride of the...
When white-supremacist groups decided to march in support of the Confederate flag in Columbia, South Carolina on Saturday, a local musician provided them with some toddling music accompaniment.Matt...
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History and Nature, Violence and Beauty: Recording the Sounds of the South
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.As a debate rages in the United States over the value of the Confederate Flag and its cultural appropriation, one folklorist has spent decades of...
View ArticleRemembering Oliver Sacks; Anthony Weiner Offers His Take; The Power of...
Brené Brown’s TED talk on “The Power of Vulnerability” has been viewed over 21-million times. Hear the vulnerability researcher explain how to use the downward momentum of failure to rise again. Plus:...
View ArticleA New Symbol for Southern Pride?
Kurt Andersen, writer and host of Studio 360, and Gus Granger, principal and creative director of 70KFT, a Texas-based brand communications agency, talk about the latest in the Studio 360 "Redesigns"...
View ArticleThe Seeds of Doubt
Former Civil War re-enactor and dyed-in-the-wool Southerner Waverly Adcock tells Ed Ayers why he changed his mind about his heritage.
View ArticleOld News
The Guys discuss why history has been so prominent in the past year’s headlines.
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Reflecting on the Charleston church massacre, one year later
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: Next, we revisit the city of Charleston, South Carolina, which suffered through its own mass shooting one year ago this week.Nine people were gunned down...
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