Slavery
The other 4th of July: Slavery’s defeat was second American Revolution
July 3, 2018The stakes of the second American Revolution were as great as those of 1776. When Grant’s troops marched into Vicksburg, they broke the back of slavery.
Read moreLouisiana’s Angola: Proving ground for racialized capitalism
June 25, 2018Capitalism was and is married to white supremacy. If any place shows that, it's Louisiana's Angola.
Read moreMontgomery, Alabama: New lynching memorial evokes terror of victims
April 26, 2018The museum explores the eras of enslavement, lynching, Jim Crow to mass incarceration and modern criminal justice issues that are the focus of the Equal Justice Initiative's legal work. Several of the organization's clients are featured,...
Read moreCorporations and governments collude in prison slavery racket
February 7, 2018Enjoy the fresh fish at Whole Foods? It may have been raised by a prisoner paid pennies per day.
Read moreRemember and rekindle the spirit of the Emancipation Proclamation
January 4, 2018This country paid a terrible price to remove the scourge of slavery and become one nation. At a time when some would drive us apart, it is worth remembering the sacrifice and the triumph.
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