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Slavery Abolition

Advocates want to save U.S. Civil War battlefields with forgotten Black, Latino legacy Slavery Abolition

Advocates want to save U.S. Civil War battlefields with forgotten Black, Latino legacy

Preservation activists are working to save forgotten U.S. Civil War battlefields with deep connections to Black and Latino soldiers who fought to save the U.S. and eradicate slavery. Why it matters: The move to reintroduce Black and Latino heroes of the Civil War comes as a federal commission seeks to…
bubmag
March 25, 2021
The Most Important Thing Democrats Can Do With Their Power Is Protect the Vote Slavery Abolition

The Most Important Thing Democrats Can Do With Their Power Is Protect the Vote

It should be clear by now that the 117th Congress will go down as one of the most consequential Congresses in modern American history. Reasonable people can disagree on precisely why. Some have insisted since the passage of the coronavirus relief package that Congress has already broken the neoliberal economic…
bubmag
March 24, 2021
Saying Never Again to the Violence in Atlanta Means Saying No to More Policing Slavery Abolition

Saying Never Again to the Violence in Atlanta Means Saying No to More Policing

The confessed Atlanta mass shooter, according to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s office, described his targets as “an outlet.” As police put it in a statement, he told them the crimes were “not racially motivated,” that he “blames the massage parlors for providing an outlet for his addiction to sex.” Compare that to groups…
bubmag
March 24, 2021
Paleo Con Slavery Abolition

Paleo Con

“They must be the most contented people in the world.” This is how the 1980 comedy The Gods Must Be Crazy introduces the San peoples of the Kalahari Desert, better known as the Bushmen. They eke out a simple living, the narrator explains, digging for roots and tubers, hunting with…
bubmag
March 24, 2021
Evanston, Illinois, becomes first U.S. city to pay reparations to Blacks Slavery Abolition

Evanston, Illinois, becomes first U.S. city to pay reparations to Blacks

EVANSTON, Ill. — Evanston, Illinois, on Monday became the first U.S. city to make reparations available to its Black residents for past discrimination and the lingering effects of slavery. The Chicago suburb’s City Council voted 8-1 to distribute $400,000 to eligible black households. Each qualifying household would receive $25,000 for…
bubmag
March 23, 2021