Slavery Abolition

For centuries, the Atlantic Ocean symbolised separation for Africans and people of African descent in the Caribbean. It carried millions into slavery, disconnected families and cultures, and created economic systems that enriched others while leaving Africa and the Caribbean struggling with underdevelopment, dependency and fractured identities. Leaders on both sides…

(Editor’s note: This story is part of the Monitor’s summerlong series following old U.S. Route 66  from Chicago to Santa Monica, California.) Park Ranger Joseph Tonjes is standing on the steps of Abraham Lincoln’s home, giving instructions to a group of about 20 visitors: Don’t touch the furniture. Stay inside…

May. 26, 2026, 6:12 PM EDT It may seem strange that Pope Leo XIV apologized for the church’s role in slavery within his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity), in which he said artificial intelligence is dangerous and must be disarmed. “It is impossible not to feel deep sorrow when contemplating…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See’s role in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.” Past popes have apologized for Christians’ involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See’s role in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.” Past popes have apologized for Christians’ involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave…

May. 25, 2026, 9:36 AM EDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the role the Holy See played in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.” Past popes have apologized for…

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the law recognizing slavery as a crime against humanity, May 21, 2026   -   Copyright © africanews AP Photo Last updated: 22/05 - 18:29 France French President Emmanuel Macron called on Thursday for his country to…

Promises of “the sweetest” turn into nightmares in Paris-based Moroccan auteur Laïla Marrakchi‘s new film Strawberries, whose original title, La más dulce, hints at just that hoped-for sweetness. The story is inspired by real-life cases of Moroccan women who travel to Spain for seasonal fruit-picking work. Their plan: to earn…

commentary A rival Advanced Placement curriculum is offering a dangerous view of the Constitution and America's founders Published May 14, 2026 6:45AM (EDT) Florida's new high school history course presents the nation's founders as opposed to slavery (Getty Images) Florida has long been a laboratory for autocracy . Several of the…

Michael Che is roasting the “Roast of Kevin Hart.” The comedian and “Saturday Night Live” star was originally slated to perform at the live Netflix event on Sunday, two sources involved in the production tell Variety, but he ended up pulling out due to scheduling difficulties with “SNL.” (Che was…