The Apportionment Clause forbids a direct tax on wealth. Expanding the 16th Amendment would not only allow such a tax but abolish slavery’s last remnant in the US Constitution as well.
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A former social studies teacher lists three ways educators and others can better understand the difficult subject of slavery in the US, including a way to hear directly from freed slaves themselves.
The story of María invites us to consider how the powerless could assert personal autonomy in their lives and how we can hear traces of the voiceless in the archives.
Estimates of modern slavery vary widely, whether they try to pin down numbers in the U.S., across the globe or just in certain industries.
The new Congress is divided into a GOP Senate and Democratic House. History provides a glimpse of what this could mean: Democrats hold the power to investigate, if not to legislate.
The Slave Societies Digital Archive documents the lives of approximately 6 million free and enslaved Africans in the Americas.
Archaeological research at Christiansborg Castle in Ghana has provided an in-depth understanding of Danish, Ga and Danish-Ga lived experiences during the eighteenth century transatlantic slave trade.
U.S. President Trump’s former attorney revealed some ugly racist things his client has said. One of them - once again - speaks of “shit-hole” countries. We need to counter this false idea.
The long shadows of Cambodia’s edifices of wealth and progress conceal a deeper darkness.
A lack of sustainability, profitability and transparency in the global fishing industry is exacerbating the problem of slave-like working conditions for crew. Here are the warning signs to look out for.
Trokosi is an ancient practice in West Africa where virgin girls, some as young as six are sent as slaves to make amends for wrongs committed by their families.
Jair Bolsonaro has very rightwing views likely to put a final nail in the coffin off Brazil’s Africa moment spearheaded by former president Lula da Silva.
Most hand car wash workers are subject to some form of labour exploitation, says new report
Slavery still exists and it happens in plain sight.
Humans have shown that together we can overcome daunting problems, including deadly pathogens like smallpox. It is a lesson of international cooperation and respect that we should pay attention to.
The real lessons of Jesus Christ as outlined in the Bible are socialist. But the Church, a veritable old boys club, doesn’t teach us that.
Walking is crucial during the Chale Wote festival as most activities happen on the street.
Serena Williams challenged decades of stereotypes when she revealed her anger after she disagreed with a U.S. Open umpire. A racist caricature and calls to boycott her playing by umpires followed.
Enslaved workers used to grow cotton and mill flour. Now prisoners grind beef and crate eggs. Here, a historian explores Americans’ troubling habit of consuming the products of slave labor.
A renamed Brooklyn street celebrates Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a Haitian slave turned president. For centuries his legacy was tarnished by allegations that Haiti’s revolution led to ‘white genocide.’
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Canada Research Chair, Professor in Performance, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of History, Arizona State University
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Professor of History, McGill University
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor of History, William & Mary
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Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Miami University
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Professor of Practice in Education, Clark University
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Chancellor's Fellow, University of Edinburgh
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Professor and Chair of History Department, Colorado State University
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PhD Candidate, Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Emeritus Professor of Social Justice, University of Hull
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Professor of History and Michael Douglas Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts, University of California, Santa Barbara