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January 17, 2017
Eric Armstrong
Paul LePage thinks John Lewis should shut his mouth (unless he’s using it to thank white people).
October 6, 2016
Tim Grierson
The Birth of a Nation’s Blunt-Force Trauma
The Sundance sensation may not be great art, but its snarling urgency makes it a movie for our times.
September 1, 2016
Brooke Seipel
Georgetown University will offer “preferential status” to the descendants of the 272 slaves it sold in 1838.
August 23, 2016
Anakwa Dwamena
A second look at the abolition of slavery.
August 5, 2016
Alex Shephard, Jacob Silverman
How Bad Is Dinesh D’Souza’s Hillary’s America? A Conversation.
Two lefties discuss the latest "documentary" by the right wing's favorite conspiracy theorist.
August 2, 2016
Brit Bennett
Ripping the Veil
Slave narratives have always been popular—and predictable. Can a new generation rewrite the rules?
July 27, 2016
Alex Shephard
Michelle Obama said slaves built the White House and conservatives lost their minds.
May 10, 2016
Matthew C. Simpson
Thomas Jefferson’s Double Life
A new biography explains the contradictions in a man who defended equality while owning slaves.
May 4, 2016
Eric Herschthal
When All Men Were Created Separate, But Equal
After the revolution, former slaves and native populations were forced to segregate from the new Republic.
April 20, 2016
Clio Chang
6 reasons Harriet Tubman deserves to be on the $20 bill.
March 10, 2016
Zachary Fine
Not All Racist Monuments Should Be Torn Down
Preserving them risks legitimizing white supremacy, but removing them risks erasing our mistakes. Here's a third way.
February 8, 2016
Malcolm Harris
A Whitewashed History of Credit
A new book ignores the disturbing history of finance in America.
January 29, 2016
Don James McLaughlin
The Anti-Slavery Roots of Today’s “-Phobia” Obsession
Before "homophobia" and "Islamophobia," there was “colorphobia” and “Negrophobia.”
December 21, 2015
Jonah Cohen, Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe
This Is What Justice Looks Like in Saudi Arabia
One Sri Lankan housemaid has been saved from a stoning death—for now. Others are still dying.
October 30, 2015
Noah Berlatsky
"Human Trafficking" Has Become a Meaningless Term
Politicians and activists often abuse it to push for punitive laws or to incite moral panic
October 27, 2015
Stacia L. Brown
The Untold History of African American Cookbooks
October 2, 2015
Lawrence Goldstone
Citizens United's Legal Roots Lie in the Jim Crow Supreme Court
September 17, 2015
Lawrence Goldstone
Constitutionally, Slavery Is Indeed a National Institution
July 27, 2015
Alma Carten
How Slavery’s Legacy Affects the Mental Health of Black Americans
June 18, 2015
Naomi Shavin
The Remarkable Life of Denmark Vesey, Co-Founder of Charleston's Emanuel Church

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