african slavery

Last year, outrage sparked after a slave cabin in Mississippi was listed on Airbnb, but why was this even a thing?

The University of Georgia is researching slave remains from more than 100 graves found on campus and later reinterred, according to new reports.

Newly confirmed Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson actually said that slaves were immigrants during a speech to department employees Monday.

So, he’s managed to piss us off again. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas—who recently voted against the Affordable Care Act, and against protection from housing discrimination (because the NBA is mostly black…yeah, seriously) —brings up slavery to ‘splain why he voted against same-sex marriage. In Friday’s landmark decision, Thomas joined Justices John Roberts, Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito […]

GENEVA (AP) — Gold mined by children living in poverty in Mali is making its way into the international supply chain where it has been purchased mainly by trading houses in Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates, Human Rights Watch said in a report Tuesday. See Also: All Eight Sandusky Accusers To Testify The supply […]