Slavery Abolition

Did you hear what the disgusting, reprehensible, thieving hack who currently serves as Senate Majority Leader said the other day about reparations for slavery? The House Judiciary Committee was getting ready to hold hearings for the first time in the history …

Did you hear what the disgusting, reprehensible, thieving hack who currently serves as Senate Majority Leader said the other day about reparations for slavery? The House Judiciary Committee was getting ready to hold hearings for the first time in the history …

On the heels of Wednesdays historic hearing on reparations, we speak with renowned writer Ta-Nehisi Coates on the lasting legacy of American slavery, how the national dialogue about reparations has progressed in the past five years and his testimony in favor …

Sen. Cory Booker at a Senate Judiciary hearing, March 2018(Joshua Roberts/Reuters) They speak as if slavery ended last week, and colored-only water fountains still trickle just outside white-only waiting rooms.Democrats gathered on Capitol Hill on Wednesday …

To commemorate Juneteenth, Pennsylvania Board of Pardons Secretary Brandon Flood is coming to Lancaster on Saturday to discuss what racial justice advocates consider another modern day form of slavery -- mass incarceration. Juneteenth is the official announc…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. A Bible given to Abraham Lincoln in the final months of the Civil War ties together the 16th president's budding views on spirituality and his belief that God was calling him to end slavery as well as his widow's labors to solidify his relig…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) A Bible given to Abraham Lincoln in the final months of the Civil War ties together the 16th president’s budding views on spirituality and his belief that God was calling him to end slavery as well as his widow’s labors to solidify his …

Todd Gillman is the Washington bureau chief for The Dallas Morning News. He has covered government and politics for decades, from Dallas to D.C., and is a White House Correspondents' Association board member. Here, Todd offers his take from Washington. Wedne…

WASHINGTON -- Saying he doesn't have "a racist bone in my body," former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday defended comments he made earlier this week about working with segregationist senators early in his career. Tuesday, Biden had boasted about his abi…

People on Twitter are celebrating and reflecting on Juneteenth, a day of remembrance that marks the official end of chattel slavery in America.  On June 19, 1865, Union Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to issue an official order to end slaver…