Slavery Abolition

A migrant worker sorts onions in Georgia. (Photo by Stephen Morton / Bloomberg via Getty Images) For years, dozens of Mexican and Central American laborers were brought to the United States to work on Georgia farms as modern-day slaves, according to a newly unsealed federal indictment.  Now, two dozen accused…

Actually, Thomas Jefferson did a lot of good, even on slavery. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE Y ou can always count on woke progressives to live up to the worst caricatures of their ideas. Democrats on the New York City Council have now removed a statue of the founder of the Democratic…

WASHINGTON —  It’s no secret that Kevin McCarthy wants to be the next speaker of the House. The Republican leader made that clear Thursday night and into Friday morning in the most literal way possible: by speaking — longer than any member of the chamber ever has. McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) commanded the…

November 19, 2021 2:27 PM ET White House press secretary Jen Psaki blasted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy following his eight-and-a-half hour long floor speech that temporarily delayed passage of the Build Back Better Act. “Kevin McCarthy said a lot of words. A lot of words. I just want to…

In Focus Gallery has published report linking some of its most famous donors, artists and paintings to the Atlantic slave tradeThe National Gallery has published a report that links “a significant part of its collection”, and some of its most famous donors, artists and paintings to the Atlantic slave trade,…

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy spoke for 5 hours and counting Thursday night. His speech stalled the vote on the Democrats' $1.75 trillion social-spending bill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi taunted McCarthy while he was still going, asking if he was okay. Loading Something is loading. We are so sorry! We…

A new course at McMaster University is aimed at kick starting conversations about the history of slavery and how Black freedom struggles impact life today, including the Raptors' "We The North" slogan. A new course at McMaster University is aimed at getting students to think about the history of slavery…

It is in decentralization that nature dwells. In centralization, we have seen only masks; we have seen only rogues who deceive fools; charlatans who come to governments to get some money, who send men to war while they go in to plunder their refrigerators with impunity, who plunge them into…

With all the rape, sex trafficking, and slavery shown, it's a bit of an understatement to call this a deeply uncomfortable episode. It's to the point that, even if I watch this series again sometime down the road, I'll almost certainly skip over this one. That said, I don't think…

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