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Princeton Will Keep Woodrow Wilson’s Name After All

What is the school’s decision? To put up “diverse artwork,” as the College Fix reported, while keeping Woodrow Wilson’s name on the public affairs school and on one of their residential halls. Photo by Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Archives Photo by Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Archives

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Perspectives

Woodrow Wilson’s Clay Feet

There is something deliciously ironic about academic and media elites rethinking Woodrow Wilson, probably the president they have lionized most until the current occupant of the White House took office. It is an irony that Mr. Wilson himself would most likely not appreciate, and not just because he didn’t appreciate many ironies. My predecessor at […]

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Guest Articles

Wilson, Du Bois, and Who is Worth Honoring

Guest blogger Jonathan Marks teaches political philosophy at Ursinus College. Corey Robin, a professor of political science at Brooklyn College, concludes a recent piece in Salon by imagining how Princeton might distance itself from its former president, Woodrow Wilson. The Black Justice League there demands that the university “publicly acknowledge the racist legacy of Woodrow Wilson” […]

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Book Reviews

Progressive Segregation

As Black History month draws to a close, we should highlight a Wilsonian trend in policy that is relevant to President Woodrow Wilson’s national and international outlook—segregation.

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