Why taking down Confederate memorials is only a first step
Monuments to the Confederacy in New Orleans and many other cities are problematic. But a mere erasure will not address the issues around racism and racial inequality.
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Rwanda & South Africa: a long road from truth to reconciliation
The road to reconciliation doesn't begin and end with truth commissions or trials. Change must occur at a systemic level, and communities must commit to rebuilding relationships.
Dealing with hate: Can America’s truth and reconciliation commissions help?
The first US Truth and Reconciliation Commission was set up in 1999. Here's why truth commissions matter today.
The humanities: looking the past in the eye
Next year South Africa’s Stellenbosch University will celebrate its centenary. A recent conference to discuss the anniversary has reminded everyone present that knowledge is a fickle mistress.
South Africa must take heed: ignoring inequality and race got Trump elected
Since the future is so uncertain, South Africa's best response to Trump's election is to learn the lessons of its causes.
The lingering, unspoken pain of white youth who fought for apartheid
The impact that the system of conscription had on the roughly 600,000 white men who became both pawns and agents of the apartheid state has seldom been publicly acknowledged.
Victims of rights abuse in Indonesia need more than compensation
Activists and victims of human rights abuses in Indonesia are worried that a new rights committee will not stop the culture of impunity.
Forgiveness as the first step in reconciliation
Can Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Dylann Roof be forgiven — and should they? Forgiveness is not an isolated, one-time act but a longer commitment to acceptance back into a community.
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