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How Modern Slavery Affects Your Life
Modern slavery touches the food we eat and many of the products we buy.
By Lela Tolajian
What Does Juneteenth Mean to the Incarcerated?
More than 150 years after the end of slavery, the U.S. still mass imprisons Black men.
By Elsabet Franklin
Republicans Are Trying to Rewrite America’s Racist History
That’s what the “critical race theory” debate is really about.
By Jameelah Nasheed
What Is Juneteenth and How Is It Celebrated?
Juneteenth isn’t the "other" Independence Day, it is the Independence Day.
By Jameelah Nasheed
The U.S. Needs a New Constitution
This is a less radical proposal than it may seem.
By Victoria Abraham
Learning About Yale’s Racist History Was a Reality Check
It changed my perception of my dream school.
By Tigerlily Theo Hopson
Inside This City’s Historic Move to Provide Reparations
The funding comes from a tax on legal marijuana.
By Rita Omokha
The Racist Origins of the Senate Filibuster
The filibuster explains why the modern U.S. government is so dysfunctional.
By Sophie Hayssen
New Year’s Has a Very Different History for Black Americans
From Heartbreak Day to Freedom’s Eve.
By Jameelah Nasheed
Attorney General William Barr Compared Lockdown to Slavery
He called public health measures an “intrusion on civil liberties.”
By Lucy Diavolo
The Electoral College Is Tied to Slavery
It was designed to grant slave states more influence.
By Maya Francis
The Way Racist Monuments Are Taken Down Matters
There’s a big difference between the state removing them and the people doing so.
By Jane'a Johnson
America Can’t Move Forward Without Reparations
They put numbers to the words “Black Lives Matter.”
By A. Kirsten Mullen and William A. Darity
Did Lincoln Actually Set Out to Free Enslaved People?
OG History is here to explain what you thought you knew about the Civil War.
By Adam Sanchez
More Than 150 Years of Fighting for the Black Vote
The 15th Amendment was just one important milestone.
By Jameelah Nasheed
Ayanna Pressley Wasn't Having Betsy DeVos Compare Abortion to Slavery
"I invite you to come by the Hill and say this to my face."
By Lucy Diavolo
Comparing Black Women to Animals in Public Forums Is Nothing New
“Black women today are seen as a cultural product, a commodity to be consumed.”
By Tayo Bero
Why "Harriet" Didn't Do Enough for Black Audiences
"Black audiences want films that explore Black vitality, not just Black pain."
By Prince Shakur
Jeremy O. Harris Is Turning Broadway Upside Down
We spent the opening night of "Slave Play" with "America's boldest young playwright."
By Miles Marshall LewisPhotography by Lia Clay