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Whether we move statues or keep them in place, our history in all its complexity needs to remain in plain sight. We cannot lock it behind walls or barricade it with cement. We need to move through that place of pain until the statues themselves become irrelevant, writes Laurie Maffly-Kipp.

Given that universal mask wearing might be the next step for the country’s fight against Covid-19, it is in all of our best interests if we help each other learn to tolerate and then overcome our anxieties about wearing them, writes Jessica Gold.

Hilary Babcock, MD, professor of medicine

Several faculty members have written pieces recently about gun violence and racism, shared on the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute’s blog. The articles are part of a special series by the law institute’s and the Institute for Public Health’s gun violence initiatives.

Lee Epstein, the Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor

Daniel Epps, associate professor of law

Rebecca Wanzo, associate professor of women, gender and sexuality studies

Yongseok Shin, the Douglass C. North Distinguished Professor in Economics

International lawyers and legal scholars sometimes treat the ICC as fundamentally different than other international institutions and regulatory regimes. It is not. It is an integral part of the global legal order, an order that promotes international peace and security for all, including Americans, writes Leila Sadat.

I fear that removing episodes — some of which actually open discussions about racist representation — simply goes for an easy, non-substantive approach to harder questions about more dangerous racist logics and practices in Hollywood culture, writes Rebecca Wanzo.