In The Making of a Racist, professor Charles B. Dew describes his evolution from a “young Confederate” to an outspoken critic of racism.

In rural Alabama, Catherine Coleman Flowers took on a problem no one was touching: environmental injustice.

It is the battle flag of white cowards, and those angry that white privilege is ending, writes historian Douglas Blackmon.

An investigation into the back-room deals giving Big Media more control than ever over what Americans consume and read, and a look at what it would take for Democrats to reclaim the South.