Week of December 2, 2013
 | #1
Mandela Taught a Continent to Forgive How a revolutionary became a man of peace. NEW YORK TIMES |
 | #2 How Mandela Changed African Politics His style of leadership, often overlooked, was a game-changer for the continent and black rule. THE ROOT |
 | #3
Don’t Sanitize Nelson Mandela: He’s Honored Now, But Was Hated Then The ANC was a Soviet-backed, communist-influenced organization... and it still lead a movement for freedom. THE DAILY BEAST |
 | #4 Nelson Mandela Was Undeniably Great But He Doesn’t Need a Halo For a man imprisoned for his political beliefs, he had a weakness for those who did the very same thing to their ideological opponents. THE DAILY BEAST |
 | #5 The Character of Nelson Mandela Mandela belongs to the same pantheon of insurgents as George Washington, Michael Collins, and David Ben-Gurion. COMMENTARY MAGAZINE |
 | #6 The Surprising Republican Civil War That Erupted Over Nelson Mandela and Apartheid Ronald Reagan vetoed efforts to pass sanctions against apartheid South Africa. POLICYMIC |
 | #7 Fight the Right-Washing of Nelson Mandela’s Legacy Many conservatives supported the apartheid regime to the bitter end. SALON |
 | #8 We Cold Warriors Were Wrong About Mandela We thought Nelson Mandela was just another Fidel Castro or a Pol Pot, but he was actually one of the century's great moral leaders. NATIONAL REVIEW |
 | #9 The Contradictions of Mandela He was avuncular, but disciplined, a disciple of Marx and Lenin but deeply traditionalist. He was above all a human being. NEW YORK TIMES |
 | #10 Nelson Mandela was a Secular Saint for the Whole World Mandela was a rare example of a lion who lay down with the lambs. THE TELEGRAPH |