Slavery
Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe has chilling parallels with racist Dred Scott decision
May 13, 2022We must have mass action, litigation, legislation, and registration. It’s not too late.
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Major court victory against desecration of Bethesda’s Moses African Cemetery
October 26, 2021The cemetery is among the largest mass graves in the United States, but real estate developers have been eyeing the site for years.
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Hundreds turn out Juneteenth to stop desecration of Maryland cemetery
June 22, 2021Profiteering developers would deny Black people even the right of a decent permanent burial.
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For Afro-Brazilian ‘quilombolas,’ pandemic is synonymous with abandonment, racism, and ‘necropolitics’
March 9, 2021MOJU, PARÁ, Brazil— “We are not even getting access to the basic necessities,” says Raimundo Magno, the leader of the Africa quilombola community in Moju, Pará, his face grim with anguish. Magno’s complaint points to the...
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Amending the 13th Amendment: Lawmakers aim to end legalized prison slavery
December 4, 2020Sen. Jeff Merkley: 13th Amendment “continued the process of a white power class mistreating Black Americans, creating generations of poverty, family breakup, and mass incarceration."
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