Monday, June 16, 2025

Tag: slavery

How a grad student uncovered the largest known slave auction in...

Lauren Davila made a stunning discovery as a graduate student at the College of Charleston: an ad for a slave auction larger than any historian had yet identified.

Slave-built infrastructure still creates wealth in US, suggesting reparations should cover...

Recognizing that enslaved men, women and children built many of the cities, rail lines and ports that fuel the American economy is a necessary part of any such accounting.

‘What to the slave is the 4th of July?’: James Earl...

On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, he gave one of his most famous speeches, “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro.”

Juneteenth: A celebration of black liberation & day to remember “horrific...

Juneteenth is “much more complicated and much more complex than is traditionally presented,” increased recognition of the day “provides an opportunity to have a thorough remembrance of this horrific system that was slavery.”

‘It’s also about reclaiming our time’: California school will cover up...

"It's also about reclaiming our time, reclaiming our space. It's about black and indigenous people ... it's a form of reparations."

Slave labor found at Starbucks-certified Brazil coffee plantation

Investigators have found that laborers on the farm’s coffee plantations were working under degrading conditions and living in substandard housing without sewerage or drinking water.

‘What to the American slave is your 4th of July?:’ James...

July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, he gave one of his most famous speeches, “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro.”

Kanye West should visit the Montgomery Slavery Memorial, and take President...

There is a space in the heart of Alabama that might be just the place for Kanye West to reflect on slavery.

Land taken from freed slave’s descendants for Amazon data center?

It’s time to ask ourselves what kind of country takes property purchased by a freed slave to enrich a corporation.

Two Ways Racists Kill

While it's a modern and more 'civilized' form of the American tradition of shortening the lives of poor minorities, racism has evolved into a more insidious form. But it still goes on.

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American Spring? How nonviolent protest in the US is accelerating

We do know that protests against ICE raids have been intensifying around the country for months, alongside protests opposing perceived power-grabs by the Trump administration.

Trump signs Congressional Review Act, reverses three California clean vehicle programs

California plans to challenge the resolutions through legal action.

Senator tackled and cuffed at DHS press event in LA as Trump-era immigration crackdown...

Sen. Alex Padilla was violently removed and handcuffed while attempting to question DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, drawing widespread condemnation and fueling fears of growing authoritarianism.

Rethinking climate action: A new guideline for planetary health

A new framework for planetary health reveals that our Industrial Age mindset—not human needs—is the real driver of environmental collapse.

“No Kings Day” was historic. Now we need a powerful – and independent –...

People can unite to lead so that leaders will follow, and justice can prevail.