Slavery Abolition

Extralegal violence committed by white men in the name of patriotism is a founding tradition of the United States. It is unbearably fitting that the original Patriot landmark, the Liberty Tree in Boston, sported a noose, and inspired earliest use of the metap…

Since the days when early humans first organized themselves into groups for mutual protection and assistance, human societies have imposed rules intended to keep order. As societies evolved, those rules were written down and became systems of laws. A societys…

At the dedication for the Lincoln Memorial, President Harding portrayed Lincoln as the president who maintained union and nationality rather than the president who ended slavery. Changing the monument’s meaning took political struggle. Nicolaus Mills &sq…

The Civil War which ended in 1865, demolished slavery and emancipated four million human beings. What happened next in the South remains largely unknown to most Americans. In a recent poll of high school graduates, only 20 percent had even heard of Reconstruc…

Skip to comments. Today's Quotefall Puzzle by Abraham LincolnSelf-Published | 4/22/2019 | Self-Published Posted on 04/22/2019 1:44:21 PM PDT by GOP Congress Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Abraham Lincoln. Click image for full size renditi…

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of theClimate Desk collaboration. West Jefferson, Alabama, a somnolent town of around 420 people northwest of Birmingham, was an unlikely venue to seize the national imaginati…

(Pixabay) On the day after the Mueller report, take time to ponder some more important things.Today is . . . the day after Mueller Report Day! And a few other things. This is Good Friday, the most somber day in the Christian calendar, when Christians remem…

Today is . . . the day after Mueller Report Day! And a few other things. This is Good Friday, the most somber day in the Christian calendar, when Christians remember the crucifixion of Jesus. At sunset, Jews will begin the celebration of Passover, when they…

The Civil War which ended in 1865, demolished slavery and emancipated four million human beings. What happened next in the South remains largely unknown to most Americans. In a recent poll of high school graduates, only 20 percent had even heard of Reconstruc…

(VisionsOfAmerica/Joe Sohm) It was deliberately written to avoid establishing a legal precedent for ownership of human beingsIn the world of the woke, the U.S. Constitution is, simply on its face, a document of racial oppression. No one less than Bernie Sand…