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Memorializing the Confederacy and the Misuses of History
This week, a weirdly fresh scab was ripped off an old wound by a class project undertaken by one of my colleagues in sociology. In his political sociology course, Eric Bonds charged his students with undertaking “a community involvement project that would help … Continue reading
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A Lovely Piece Highlighting the Human Costs of Fredericksburg’s Lack of Affordable Housing
A recurring concern of this blog is Fredericksburg’s problems with affordable housing, and particularly how the civic culture of our small city shapes its openness to broadly diverse residents. Since I last addressed the subject last winter, little has changed; indeed, the city … Continue reading