Slavery Abolition

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The French government observes Good Friday and Easter Monday, creating a four-day weekend every year for many workers. (Vincent Koebel / NurPhoto) July 19, 2025 3:01 AM PT Believe it or not, France has had a form of social security since the 1600s, and its modern system began in earnest…

Posterity will likely look upon President Donald Trump’s second term as defined by immigration. A vast and vocal portion of his base remains hopeful Trump will pursue policies of mass deportation and remigration. A few slimy Republicans present the president with a different path — an amnesty bill which would…

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has described the burial rites of the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, as a liberation for the Yoruba traditional institution and a significant move towards restoring its sanctity. Oba Akanbi expressed satisfaction with the burial rites adopted in honouring the late…

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GROTON, Mass. (AP) — Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th century journals. Opening it, she found a scroll in pristine condition. A closer look revealed the 5-foot-long (1.5-meter-long) document was a handwritten declaration titled “A Resolution…

Elon Musk has shattered his political silence with a series of blistering attacks aimed directly at the legislative centerpiece of the Trump administration. Just hours before a critical Senate vote on the president’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX reiterated his fierce opposition, escalating a…

"Liberals don't actually care about anything that happened prior to 1965 other than slavery." Jack Posobiec took aim at Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the man who nominated her, President Joe Biden, and the erasure of American history other than slavery and the Civil Rights movement. "Ketanji Brown Jackson, she's an…

Disgruntled personnel of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have issued a nationwide strike threat over their continued inclusion in the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), which they described as exploitative and unsustainable. The aggrieved officers, in a strongly worded open letter addressed to President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, the…

Politics President Donald Trump made no statement about the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, other than saying there were too many like it. Lesser occasions routinely garner official proclamations. “I’m not tracking his signature on a proclamation today,” Karoline Leavitt, the White House…