Widening the lens to capitalism itself could yield insights on how to close the gap.

Enslaved families were regularly separated​. A new history chronicles the tenacious efforts of the emancipated to be reunited​ with their loved ones.

Pete Hegseth defended naming things after the Confederacy, a new report reveals.

Donald Trump’s victory has inspired a horrific wave of text messages targeting Black Americans.

John Andrew Jackson spent a night at Harriet Beecher Stowe’s home as he fled north. Why do so few traces of his visit remain?

A trip to Israel and Palestine in 2023 made Coates rethink one of his most famous essays.

Speaking at a congressional hearing, Mark Krikorian, the executive director of the far-right Center for Immigration Studies, argued that Haiti would have been better off if colonization—and, by extension, slavery—had continued for decades.

Vance made the comparison during an interview on a right-wing radio show.

Is the American experiment doomed?

Edda L. Fields-Black sets out to restore the Combahee River Raid to its proper place in Tubman’s life and in the war on slavery.

The House speaker won’t exactly disavow the connection, according to a new report.

Nikki Haley keeps digging herself into a bigger hole.

In acknowledging slavery's role in the conflict, the presidential aspirant made clear the freedom she spoke about was that of the enslavers.

A New Hampshire voter put the presidential aspirant to the test—which she failed in comedic fashion.

The South Carolina senator delivered a very embarrassing talking point during the Republican presidential debate.

The DeSantis administration was fighting with the College Board for an astonishing reason, according to a new report.

“They insult us in an attempt to gaslight us, in an attempt to divide and distract our nation with unnecessary debates.”

Researching public figures’ families is much easier than it used to be—but that doesn’t mean it’s inherently enlightening.

Two new books ask us to shift our attention away from the white vigilantes of Jim Crow and instead focus on what it meant for the survivors.

The city’s board of supervisors moved forward a draft plan with suggestions on how to compensate Black residents for centuries of slavery and systemic racism.