Slavery Abolition

Atty Gen. Bill Barr Compares COVID Lockdowns to Slavery ... Politicians, Celebs Tee Off 9/17/2020 8:08 AM PT Breaking News CNN Attorney General Bill Barr believes the calls for nationwide lockdowns and stay-at-home orders to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are the "greatest intrusion on civil liberties" of all time…

Washington — Attorney General William Barr compared stay-at-home orders issued by governors to mitigate the spread of coronavirus to slavery, and dismissed the Black Lives Matter movement as exploiting the deaths of Black people at the hands of police for political gain. "Putting a national lockdown, stay at home orders…

Topline U.S. Attorney General William Barr launched a scathing attack on state governors’ decision to impose lockdowns designed to stop the spread of coronavirus, during an event at Hillsdale College Wednesday, going as far as to call stay-at-home orders the “greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history” other than…

With clarity and insight, economist and author William "Sandy" Darity discusses how the grievous injustice of slavery in the US led to the immense wealth gap that currently exists between Black and white Americans. He explains how reparations for descendants of enslaved people would work -- and why it's necessary…

Happy Canada Day! On today's show, we chat with Polaris Prize-winning hip-hop artist Haviah Mighty about the new video for her track "Thirteen," which dropped on Canada Day in tandem with a pair of live performances by Haviah for Toronto City Hall Live and CBC Music. Referencing the 13th amendment…

A student group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is calling for the school to remove its popular Abraham Lincoln statue, saying the president who is known as the "Great Emancipator" is a symbol of racism.The statue has sat atop the university's Bascom Hill for more than a century and is…

Protestors in Washington want a statue of Abraham Lincoln removed - not the famous one on the National Mall but a bronze memorial statue in nearby Lincoln Park called the Emancipation Memorial.It depicts the former president standing over a kneeling African American man who is newly freed from slavery.Hundreds of…

A black man carrying a sign for a black history tour sharply criticized protesters who had threatened to tear down a statue of Abraham Lincoln freeing a slave in Washington, D.C. Friday night. The Emancipation Memorial has been the subject of the ire of protesters – who argue the statue…

In Charleston, S.C., crews removed a statue of former U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun. Charleston Mayor Tecklenburg said, Calhoun was one of the state’s most consequential defenders of white supremacy and slavery. The removal comes after rewind calls to remove symbols of the Confederacy.June 25, 2020 Read More

Skip to main content HomeCoronavirus Updates2020 Election ResultsElectionsNationWorldPoliticsFactcheckEducationInvestigationsHealthWeatherRace in AmericaImpeachmentJust the FAQsTracking 2020Register to VoteVoter Guide The city of Charleston removed the statue of John C. Calhoun, an early U.S. vice president whose zealous defense of slavery led the nation toward civil war. (June 24) AP Read More