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The Equal Justice Initiative nonprofit invoked the Juneteenth holiday as it dedicated a monument that honors the people who endured and survived slavery.
June 19, 2024
California
The California Senate killed some reparations bills for Black residents on Thursday amid a budget deficit after the Assembly issued a formal apology for slavery
May 16, 2024
Stretching nearly four stories into the sky, the National Monument to Freedom honors the millions of people who endured the brutality of slavery.
March 18, 2024
Opinion
The writer’s ambitious approach to the historical novel uses techniques reminiscent of “The Handmaid’s Tale” to examine the shifting meaning of freedom.
March 4, 2024
The Church of England should create a fund of more than $1 billion to address its historical links to the slave trade, advisory panel says.
March 6, 2024
New York state will create a commission to consider reparations to address the persistent, harmful effects of slavery in the state.
Dec. 19, 2023
By trying to cater to the New Hampshire GOP audience, she fed the perception she is just a politician, which has become a dirty word in the right wing.
Jan. 2, 2024
Letters to the Editor
When the Confederate flag still flies in parts of the country and education about slavery and racism comes under attack, we get candidates like Nikki Haley.
Jan. 1, 2024
Politics
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley walked back her comments 12 hours later, with her campaign disseminating a Thursday morning radio interview in which she said, ‘Of course the Civil War was about slavery.’
Dec. 28, 2023
Business
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants us to know how slaves learned their trades in bondage, but he gets everything dead wrong.
July 25, 2023