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Slavery
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
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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
April 20, 2015
Jamil Smith
Ben Affleck Was Wrong, But Henry Louis Gates Made It Worse
Helping the Hollywood star hide a slaveholding ancestor was truly shameful.
April 7, 2015
Brian Beutler
Southerners Shouldn't Take Attacks on the Confederacy Personally
And they should embrace the idea of celebrating the country's reunion
April 6, 2015
Brian Beutler
Make the Confederacy’s Defeat a National Holiday
150 years ago this week, Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union. Let's celebrate it—every year.
November 1, 2014
Brando Simeo Starkey
College Sports Aren't Like Slavery. They're Like Jim Crow.
October 13, 2014
Brian Beutler
GOP Senate Candidate: Welfare Is Basically Slavery Reparations
May 22, 2014
Danny Vinik
The Economics of Reparations: Why Congress Should Meet Ta-Nehisi Coates's Modest Demand
May 20, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
Get Ready for a National Debate About Slavery Reparations
Ta-Nehisi Coates makes his case in The Atlantic's new issue
May 10, 2014
Steven Hahn
The Emancipationist Century
David Brion Davis's trilogy was fifty years in the making, and the final volume was worth the wait
February 11, 2014
Paul Berman
The True Story of America's First Black Female Slave Novelist
The woman behind 'The Bondwoman's Narrative'
January 20, 2014
Michael Kazin
Slavery Is Having a Hollywood Moment. What About the Rest of Black History in America?
October 23, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
Why Can't Critics Deal With Films About Slavery?
May 24, 1948
Walter White
Sojourner Truth: Friend of Freedom
The former slave left an indelible imprint on America, despite a series of tremendous obstacles.
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