Slavery
Rewriting the United States’ past (and future): The 1619 Project and its critics
January 17, 2020It's time to rethink everything you thought you knew about U.S. history.
Read moreCapitalism needs racism: A response to the NYT 1619 Project
January 9, 2020Without linking capitalist development to the material force of white supremacy and imperialism, much of the historical development and contemporary process slips into an ideological and nationalist discourse.
Read more400 years after slavery’s start, economic band-aids won’t solve racial divide
August 27, 2019I It’ll take bold structural reform and the political will to finally achieve economic justice for African Americans, because clearly ending slavery wasn’t enough.
Read more1619 anniversary: Black freedom struggle made U.S. more democratic for all
August 21, 2019Blacks suffered under slavery for 250 years, and brutal racial apartheid for a century more. We have been legally free for just 50.
Read moreWealth, poverty in Zacatecas: Two sides of the same silver coin
December 18, 2018Irony runs deep in Zacatecas: The state’s Latin motto is “Labor vincit omnia”—Work conquers all, including its people.
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