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The Hidden History of Native American Enslavement
In many cases, Indigenous enslavement adds new dimensions to familiar histories of the Americas—and to some of their most famous actors.…
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Judge orders Park Service to restore slavery exhibits and compares Trump to Orwell's '1984'
A federal judge ordered the National Park Service to restore mentions of slavery to a park site associated with George Washington in…
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Judge Quotes George Orwell’s 1984 in Order to Restore Slavery Exhibits
A judge ordered Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Monday to restore a slavery-related exhibit at the President’s House in Independence…
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Judge calls Justice Department's statements on slavery exhibit display 'dangerous' and 'horrifying'
A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers on Friday that they were making "dangerous" and "horrifying" statements when they said…
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New archbishop urged to scrap £100m slavery reparations
The incoming Archbishop of Canterbury has been urged to scrap plans to spend £100m on slavery reparations. In a letter seen by the Sunday…
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Maryland will consider slavery reparations after Gov. Wes Moore's veto is overridden
Maryland will create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery after lawmakers voted Tuesday to override a veto by Gov. Wes…
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Trump Is Trying to Literally Erase the History of Slavery
“There’s free speech, and then there’s hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie in…
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Florida Will End Every Vaccine Mandate After Comparing Them to Slavery
“That’s what set Donald Trump apart from the old conservatism and the old liberalism alike: He knows that America is not just an abstract…
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Trump Aide Thinks the Smithsonian “Overemphasizes” Slavery
Lindsey Halligan, the White House official leading President Donald Trump’s overhaul of the Smithsonian, thinks its museums overemphasize…
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Does Trump Think It’s “Woke” to Say Slavery Is Bad?
Fellas, is it “woke” to say slavery was bad? President Donald Trump seems to think so. The president unleashed a lengthy tirade Tuesday…
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Education Secretary Fumbles Answer to Simple Question on Slavery
Education Secretary Linda McMahon wants the modern American canon to include alternative histories of some of the world’s most egregious…
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California approves tough-on-crime initiative
In a shift away from progressive policies and towards law-an-order measures, California has voted to reclassify certain nonviolent crimes…
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Slavery reparations not about transfer of cash, says Lammy
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said the concept of reparations for former colonial nations affected by slavery "is not about the…