Monuments are critical tools in shaping the values and identity of society. Most of what we know about many ancient cultures – Egypt, Great Zimbabwe, Greece, Rome – are through public monuments.

What happened that weekend re-ignited a national debate about what to do with some 700 other Confederate monuments in towns and cities across the country, mostly in the south. Earlier this year ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. More than 140 Confederate monuments have been removed from public land ...

Support for Confederate symbols and monuments now exists across the country, following lines of race, religion, and education rather than geography. This is one of many ways in which the South is ...

These are some of the more surprising findings of the first comprehensive survey of America’s public monuments, the results of which were released today. The report’s creators sifted through ...