Ask Historians: How did Lincoln's political agenda on slavery change before and during the war? ~humanities.history Link 8 votes
You want a Confederate monument? My body is a Confederate monument (sexual assault trigger warning) ~life Article 423 words 20 votes
The Boston Public Library needs help transcribing anti-slavery letters ~books libraries Article 248 words, published Jun 17 2020 5 votes
The case for reparations: We've had 250 years of slavery, 90 years of Jim Crow, 60 years of separate but equal and 35 years of racist housing policy. Without addressing this, the US can't move on ~humanities.history Article 14 406 words, published Jun 3 2014 32 votes
US DOJ urges High Court to shield companies from slave labor suits citing 230 year old tort statute ~news usa law Article 417 words 4 votes
Republicans are sacrificing other Americans' freedoms for their own, like once happened in the American Civil War ~society politics Article 2311 words 9 votes
Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths ~finance business Article 854 words 7 votes
The 1619 Project by the New York Times ~humanities.history Article 137 words, published Aug 14 2019 4 votes
De-branding my body. The former sex slaves transforming their tattoos ~life Article 3695 words 12 votes
The awkward questions about slavery from tourists in the US South ~humanities.history Article 2537 words 18 votes
On this day in 1791, the only successful slave uprising in history began ~humanities.history Article 3629 words 13 votes
American capitalism is brutal. You can trace that to the plantation ~finance Article 5287 words, published Aug 14 2019 16 votes
Ta-Nehisi Coates talks to Jesmyn Ward about writing fiction, reparations, and the legacy of slavery ~books fiction Article 5464 words 4 votes
50% rise in suspected human trafficking victims in Finland – most are related to forced labour and forced marriages ~life Article 460 words 6 votes
Should board gamers play the roles of racists, slavers and nazis? ~games.tabletop board games Article 2159 words 7 votes
Malaysian court sides with forced labour victims over unpaid wages ~news malaysia Article 452 words 4 votes
Undocumented, vulnerable, scared: The US women who pick your food for $3 an hour ~life.women Article 1258 words 6 votes
Is it time for truth and reconciliation in the US? ~humanities.history Article 1255 words, published Feb 16 2014 9 votes
'Where was the Lord?': On Jefferson Davis' birthday, nine slave testimonies ~humanities.history Article 3748 words 7 votes
Archivists race to digitize slavery records before the history is lost ~humanities.history Article 1392 words 9 votes
Harvard sued by 'descendant of slave for profiting from photos' ~humanities.history Article 697 words 7 votes
The Confederacy was built on slavery. How can so many southern whites still believe otherwise? ~humanities.history Article 7325 words, published Nov 28 2018 20 votes
At 63, I threw away my prized portrait of Robert E. Lee ~humanities.history Article 3501 words, published Oct 23 2018 9 votes
US inmates claim retaliation by prison officials as result of multi-state strike ~life work Article 891 words, published Aug 31 2018 23 votes
Nestle says slavery reporting requirements could cost customers ~food Article 460 words, published Aug 18 2018 8 votes
Major prison strike spreads across US and Canada as inmates refuse food ~news usa canada Article 676 words 19 votes
Prisoners striking in seventeen US states over prison conditions ~news usa Article 291 words, published Aug 18 2018 18 votes
Some au pairs, in US through this visa program, say they’re treated worse than a pet ~life work Article 845 words 4 votes
Britain accused of failing to grasp scale, cost of modern slavery ~news united kingdom crime politics Article 560 words 7 votes
British public bought £14bn of goods made by slaves in 2017, claims report ~news united kingdom Article 448 words 8 votes
Canada's slavery secret: The whitewashing of 200 years of enslavement ~humanities.history Article 1057 words, published Jun 28 2018 12 votes
Slavery's long shadow: The impact of 200 years enslavement in Canada ~humanities.history Article 1167 words 4 votes
'Bonded like a slave': Workplace watchdog investigation into labour exploitation reveals poor conditions ~life work Article 1064 words 3 votes
I know why poor Whites chant Trump, Trump, Trump: From the era of slavery to the rise of Donald Trump, wealthy elites have relied on the loyalty of poor whites. All Americans deserve better ~humanities.history Article 8352 words, published Apr 1 2016 6 votes
Schools without rules: Private schools' curriculum downplays slavery, says humans and dinosaurs lived together ~life education Article 2220 words 10 votes
The last slave ship survivor gave an interview in the 1930s. It just surfaced in the form of a new book ~humanities.history Article 727 words, published May 3 2018 3 votes