Slavery

Fighting Human Trafficking, One House Party at A Time

Geralyn Dreyfous | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


Geralyn Dreyfous

In a summer focused on the health care, and the deaths of renowned politicians and celebrities, there was all too little attention on a government report released in June 2009 on global human trafficking.

Sex and Voting

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Kenneth C. Davis

On this date in 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified by the necessary two-thirds of the states and women were granted the right to vote. Somewhere Abigail Adams was smiling.

Decline Can Make Britain a Better Country

Alex Higgins | Posted 09.11.2009 | World


Alex Higgins

There is a distinct lack of enthusiasm for attempting to govern other parts of the world by force, let alone envy of the global superpower.

Slavery Legal in America Again (VIDEO)

Max Keiser | Posted 09.01.2009 | Business


Max Keiser

Debt slavery, i.e., penury, i.e., POS 'Plain Old Slavery' is making a comeback in America thanks to Wall St. banks.

Slavery, Abolition, Rebellion: A Reading List

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 08.24.2009 | Living


Kenneth C. Davis

All of these books should provide some correctives to the deep misunderstanding -- or desperate ignorance -- of this extremely important chapter in American History.

North Korea Labor Camp Atrocities Revealed In New Report

Washington Post | Posted 08.20.2009 | World


Images and accounts of the North Korean gulag become sharper, more harrowing and more accessible with each passing year....

NYC Slavery Walking Tour

Sheryl McCarthy | Posted 08.13.2009 | New York


Sheryl McCarthy

I bet few New Yorkers know about the role that the hideous institution of slavery played in shaping the city physically, financially and socially.

George Washington: The Dignity and the Slavery

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics


Kenneth C. Davis

In his catalog of Washington's public virtues and civility, David Brooks neglected to mention that George Washington owned, bought and sold his fellow human beings.

A Call to Serve and Preserve Creation

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green


Jim Wallis

Let's ensure that history does not remember us just as "consumers" of the earth and its resources, but as people who take seriously the God-given mandate to "serve and preserve" the earth.

An Open Letter to President George W. Bush About Apology, Healing and Reconciliation

Carol M. Swain | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics


Carol M. Swain

Although some may argue that an apology for slavery would open the door to racial reparations, legal precedent demonstrates that an apology for slavery would not trigger legal liability.

The US Senate Apologized for Slavery. But We Ain't Gettin' 40 Acres and a Mule!

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics


Yvonne R. Davis

We can all feel relieved there is an official acknowledgment that something terrible was done to black people. Yet the reality is way too much time has passed for this apology to really mean anything.

Juneteenth Celebration Of History Behind Slavery Abolishment

Dallas News | Posted 07.20.2009 | Home


Willie Rainwater will be busy Saturday commemorating his family's fight for equality here, as well as the broader civil rights struggle of the nation....

The Healing Has Begun... U.S. Senate Apologizes For Slavery

Russell Simmons | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics


Russell Simmons

The effects of slavery on our communities have been devastating. The devastation does not stop because of the apology; however these are words that we all needed to hear.

Senate Passes Apology For Slavery, Segregation

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Senate has unanimously passed a resolution apologizing for slavery and racial segregation and sent the measure to the House. I...

President Obama Confronts Holocaust Evil, Now Confront Slavery Evil

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The U.S. government, not just a handful of evil Southern planters, encoded slavery in the Constitution, and protected and nourished it for a century. The government should apologize.

27 Million Still Victims Of Modern Slavery

GlobalPost | Posted 06.27.2009 | World


Yasmina was 12 years old when an aunt and uncle brought her to France from Mali to be a live-in nanny to their children. Once she was settled in a ...

Vote for Permaculture for REAL Freedom

Anthony Anderson | Posted 06.04.2009 | Style


Anthony Anderson

And who wants to say no to highly-mineralized, organic, local produce? At basically no cost after time? Permaculture is a HUGE part of the answer.

A Queen for Today!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.22.2009 | Style


Michael Henry Adams

Still reigning, still smiling, after 56 years! The Glorious Queen Elizabeth Rose Who has worked harder or better, and so long, at a tiresomely t...

Spain Investigates What America Should

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 05.09.2009 | World


Marjorie Cohn

It is the responsibility of the United States to investigate allegations of torture. The use of torture should be purged from our system, much like we eradicated slavery.

Tribute to a Last Living Link to a Painful Past

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.07.2009 | Style


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

At 115 years of age, Mrs. Gertrude Baines, an African-American, had once more earned the proud and breath-stopping distinction of being the world's oldest person.

Did John Hope Franklin Want $100 Trillion for Blacks?

Bakari Kitwana | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics


Bakari Kitwana

Dr. John Hope Franklin, the wildly accomplished historian who documented Blacks' place in the great American story, firmly believed in reparations.

How Patriotism Can Save America

Paul K. Chappell | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics


Paul K. Chappell

Patriotism requires us to question our government and think critically so that America can become a more humane, just, and peaceful country for all of its citizens and a role model for the rest of the world.

Obama's Abolitionist

E. Benjamin Skinner | Posted 04.25.2009 | World


E. Benjamin Skinner

Lou de Baca is that rare breed of political appointee whose only qualification is that he is enormously qualified to do the job.

Huckabee Likens Abortion To Slavery At Fundraiser

AP | Chris Blank | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics


JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee likened abortion to slavery in a Monday speech dur...

Chris Brown And Now BeBe Winans! Black America Where Is the Outrage?

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics


Yvonne R. Davis

How come the majority of people vocal about violence against Rihanna have been white women? How come black women as have not come together as a collective to say enough is enough?