Slavery Abolition

The National Assembly has adopted a report that found an ANC MP guilty of breaching the code of ethics for referring to a councillor as a “house-n****r” in a WhatsApp group. Faiez Jacobs, an ANC backbencher in parliament and former Western Cape party secretary, was guilty of breaching the code…

College Debates over history and racial inequity have boiled, simmered, and boiled anew in recent years. William & Mary students walk across the Williamsburg, Virginia, campus between classes. Washington Post/Julia Rendleman Washington Post photo by Julia Rendleman By Nick Anderson and Susan Svrluga, Washington Post November 27, 2021 WILLIAMSBURG, Va.…

Washington — Nearly two hundred years after the American Colonization Society and a group of African Americans who wanted a place they could call home, settled in Liberia, Africa's oldest republic is bracing for the historic reunion in hopes of jumpstarting and rebranding the land of the country's forefathers. The…

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…