slavery

Ancestry.com ad tries to sell slavery as romance—not rape

Samira Sadeque— April 19

Viral #BBQBeckys and #CouponCarls are the new slave patrols

Prince Shakur— July 27

Trump’s proclamation decrying America’s history of slavery falls extremely flat

David Covucci— June 19

Black leaders criticize Cynthia Nixon for proposing cannabis licenses could be a ‘form of reparations’

Samantha Grasso— May 8

#IfSlaveryWasAChoice shows Kanye West just how wrong he is

Samantha Grasso— May 2

The internet is stunned that Kanye West called slavery a ‘choice’

Kris Seavers— May 1

Twitter users snuff out Ryan Reynolds’ ‘Black Panther’ enthusiasm with cutting tweets

Monica Riese— February 18

Amazon pulls racist ‘Slavery Gets Sh*t Done’ apparel from website

Samantha Grasso— January 24

Genealogy sites are whitewashing the history of slavery

Lori Crook— October 25

Senate confirms anti-LGBTQ, sexist blogger to federal court

Ana Valens— July 21

Producers of HBO’s ‘Confederate’ respond to backlash against reimagined slavery narrative

Samantha Grasso— July 21

Maybe modern-day slavery wasn’t the best theme for HBO’s new series

Samantha Grasso— July 20

Teen suspended for advertising black classmates as ‘slaves for sale’

Samantha Grasso— April 28

Georgetown University

Georgetown University offers preferential admission to descendants of slaves

Lyz Lenz— September 1

racal equality

Twitter users ask: Why isn’t Juneteenth a national holiday?

Mary Emily O'Hara— June 19

Harriet Tubman on $20 bill

U.S. to replace Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill

Andrew Couts— April 20

It’s time to drop Columbus Day—and celebrate indigenous peoples instead

Chris Tognotti— October 12

Playmobil put a dark-skinned pirate with removable slave collar on its latest pirate ship

Joey Keeton— October 9

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