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Virginia GOP rep’s ‘ditto’ to a racist radio rant just handed Democrats a weapon in the tightest House race of 2026

By Terrina Jairaj May 13th
‘The Little Mermaid’s Setting Opens Up an Important, Complicated Conversation

By Rachel Ulatowski Jun 6th
UK Prime Minster Refuses To Apologize for Slavery or Pay Reparations

By Brooke Pollock Apr 27th
The Troubling Implications of a ‘Faithful’ Yet Inclusive Harry Potter Adaptation

By Alyssa Shotwell Apr 21st
New York Could Become the 5th State To Actually Ban Slavery

By Alyssa Shotwell Feb 20th
‘The Woman King’ Controversy, Explained

By Rachel Ulatowski Feb 19th
Slavery—Yes Slavery—Was on the Ballot in Five States in 2022

By D.R. Medlen Nov 9th
Britain Was Not the First Country to Abolish Chattel Slavery No Matter How Many Times Royal Defenders Say It

By Alyssa Shotwell Sep 20th
Federal Agents LARP Plantation Overseers at the Border as Biden Admin Appallingly Mistreats Refugees and Migrants

By Alyssa Shotwell Sep 22nd
We. Us. Her. Him: Searching For a New Chapter in a Dire Part of History

By Alyssa Shotwell Aug 31st
U.S. House of Representatives Votes To Remove Capitol’s Confederate Statues and It’s About Time

By Lyra Hale Jun 30th
Conservatives Are Mad at Tim Kaine for Saying America Created Slavery. Which He Didn’t Say.

By Jessica Mason Jun 16th
Ancestry.com’s Interracial Slavery Romance Ad Got the Backlash It Deserved

By Princess Weekes Apr 19th
Beyoncé’s Vogue Interview Carries an Important Message About the History of Rape and Miscegenation in America

By Princess Weekes Aug 6th
Museum in Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Will Finally Tell Sally Hemings’ Story

By Charline Jao Jun 18th
#IfSlaveryWasAChoice Gives Black Community a Comedy Outlet to Deal With Kanye’s Ignorance

By Teresa Jusino May 2nd
All the Presidents’ Slaves: Bondage Within the White House

By Princess Weekes Feb 19th
State of Missouri v. Celia, a Slave

By Princess Weekes Feb 6th
The First Silence Breaker: Harriet Ann Jacobs

By Princess Weekes Feb 5th
Things We Saw Today: Things Are Not Looking Good for That Winchester Movie We Were so Excited About

By Vivian Kane Feb 2nd