The movement’s lawyers want detailed language delineating what constitutes involuntary servitude so courts can be compelled to defend prisoners’ rights against forced labor. At the same time, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The history wars – the battle over how we teach our country’s past – are raging. The United States is confronting the legacies of ...

June 16 (UPI) --Juneteenth being declared a federal holiday in the United States and Emancipation Day being officially recognized on Aug. 1 in Canada demonstrate significant progress toward creating ...

This guest column was written by Pastor Bruce Ervin, of First Christian Church in Bloomington. Laura Lane’s laudatory piece on Sheriff Brad Swain’s abolitionist Quaker ancestors (“Ties to History,” in ...

ATLANTA, Feb. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks the END IT Movement's eighth annual 'Shine A Light On Slavery Day' – a day where celebrities, athletes, politicians, influencers, and Freedom ...

A Cincinnati, Ohio, home that functioned as a stop on the Underground Railroad; the photo was taken ca. 1905. A Cincinnati, Ohio, home that functioned as a stop on the Underground Railroad; the photo ...

Agnoli writes about restoring the relation of the paths to the goal, the means-end relationship, towards an emancipatory communism. Emancipation: Paths and Goals appeared in What is to be Done?

Thomas L. Krannawitter, Ph.D., a former professor, is co-founder of The Vino & Veritas Society, which is devoted to forming a Declaration of Independence culture in America. His many books include ...

In response to ongoing challenges about market exclusion, the My Black Receipt initiative emerged as a dynamic social movement. Here’s what helped it thrive, per these researchers. Supporting ...