Slavery Abolition

CHICAGO (WLS) — Presidents Day serves as a poignant moment to honor the leaders who have significantly influenced the American narrative, with Abraham Lincoln standing out as a notable figure. Lincoln’s deep connections to Illinois and Chicago anchor his historical legacy in the region. As the nation approaches its 250th…

A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Monday ordered the National Park Service to reinstall a slavery exhibit at a Philadelphia historic site, pending the outcome of ongoing litigation after the city sued the federal government over its removal. The National Park Service last month dismantled and removed a long-established slavery-related…

PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to restore exhibits on slavery that the National Park Service had removed from the President’s House last month. U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe’s ruling requires the federal government to restore the site “to its physical status as of January 21,…

An exhibit about nine people enslaved by George Washington must be restored at his former home in Philadelphia after President Donald Trump’s administration took it down last month, a federal judge ruled on President’s Day, the federal holiday honoring Washington’s legacy. The city of Philadelphia sued in January after the…

Judge Cynthia M. Rufe quoted George Orwell’s 1984 while granting the City of Philadelphia’s request for a preliminary injunction A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ordered the Trump administration to reinstall several exhibits about slavery that were removed from the President’s House Site in Philadelphia last month.  In a preliminary…

Early on the morning of May 29, 1660, flanked by twenty thousand armed men, King Charles II arrived in London to retake the throne. Bells rang out and ships fired their guns to mark the occasion. It was Charles’s thirtieth birthday. England had been without a king for eleven years,…

Kelley gets her cats comfy so they can breed. Chris learns he can only get so far with hooves. Josh gets drunk and plays some darts. And we all get arrested for match three slavery. Question of the Week What's the most disappointing remake you've ever played...Read More

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today!  Black knowledge production, Black self-understanding, and the power of Black people to represent ourselves is under attack, which means that Black identity and Black meaning-making practices are being erased. In The Mis-Education of the Negro, published…

The decision “recognizes what is at stake … public health emergency that originated in slavery,” said an attorney. A house sits along the long stretch of River Road by the Mississippi River and the many chemical plants in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on October 12, 2013. “Cancer Alley” stretches from New…

A labour program designed to support Pacific Island economies while addressing worker shortages in Australia is being criticised for delivering the bulk of its financial benefits domestically, with a new report warning the scheme also carries the risk of modern slavery. The report by The Australia Institute (TAI) examined the…