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Cultural News: America at 250: Still Can't Face Its Darkest Chapter
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- Jul 6, 2026
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Summary
America approaches 250 years, yet a Mother Jones investigation reveals a jarring truth: we still grapple with slavery's shadow. Legal icon Bryan Stevenson confronted this head-on in 1980s Montgomery, Alabama. A city once saturated with Confederate monuments, yet silent on its slave-trading past. Stevenson's relentless efforts have begun to reshape that landscape, forcing a reckoning with history that extends far beyond Alabama's borders. Why can't a nation face its own origins, even after two and a half centuries?