Slavery Abolition

Sign up to get our new weekly column as a newsletter. We're looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. (CNN)Abraham Lincoln knew the value of a good photo. In February 1860, the former congressman from Illinois posed for Matthew Brady in…

Trump has claimed that he has done more for the black community than his predecessors.Washington: President Donald Trump sparked controversy Friday, calling it a "great day" for George Floyd, the man whose death in custody last week unleashed nationwide protests over police brutality against African Americans."We all saw what happened…

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump sparked controversy Friday (Jun 5), calling it a "great day" for George Floyd, the man whose death in custody last week unleashed nationwide protests over police brutality against African Americans."We all saw what happened last week. We can't let that happen," Trump said of Floyd, who…

Since the May 25 murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department, the world’s seen many days straight of protest, of resistance, of demands for change, of work—hard work. And this work can look like many things: enduring the tear gas and rubber bullets of police…

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Statues of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln tower over visitors to Kentucky's Capitol, but the state's governor doesn't think the Confederate president belongs in the same space as the U.S. president who helped end slavery. Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday that he sees the Davis statue…

By Bruce SchreinerThe Associated PressThu., June 4, 2020timer2 min. readFRANKFORT, Ky. - Statues of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln tower over visitors to Kentucky’s Capitol, but the state’s governor doesn’t think the Confederate president belongs in the same space as the U.S. president who helped end slavery.Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear…

Statues of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln tower over visitors to Kentucky’s Capitol, but the state’s governor doesn’t think the Confederate president belongs in the same space as the U.S. president who helped end slaveryBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated PressJune 4, 2020, 11:52 PM3 min readFRANKFORT, Ky. -- Statues of Jefferson…

The size of the present demonstrations can be attributed to a double resistance: 1.) A demand for recognition ("I Am a man!"). 2.) A rejection of the endless economic growth directive. RSHere is something worth considering. The sequence of protests that erupted on May 26 in Minneapolis and spread to…

The mass protests that have gripped America in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis last week have been centred on outrage at police brutality and racial injustice targeting black communities.But they have also been underpinned by frustration that African-Americans still suffer from a large economic gap compared with…

The criticism that President Trump has disregarded many of our country’s norms and democratic values is not new. We’ve written about it several times before — in particular, about how the violation of values is a bigger deal than the breaking of norms. But law enforcement officials using tear gas…