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$15/hour America's obsession with tipping of course has racist roots Thom Dunn
john lewis Confederate memorial removed to make way for John Lewis statue Rob Beschizza
abolitionists U.S. Treasury resumes efforts to place Harriet Tubman on $20 dollar bill Xeni Jardin
chou mandarien The wild story of the first known Chinese person to live in Boston in the 1790s Thom Dunn
abolition The Boston Public Library needs help transcribing 40,000 anti-slavery documents from the 19th century Thom Dunn
tom cotton GOP Senator Tom Cotton describes slavery as "necessary evil" Rob Beschizza
Drew Gardner Sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson re-creates his presidential portrait Rusty Blazenhoff
Black people It's not ok to use the term "slave," and the "B" in Black should be capitalized Rusty Blazenhoff
Black Lives Monitor Juneteenth: "Emancipation is a marker of progress for white Americans, not black ones." David Pescovitz
learning moment Elementary school apologizes after children of color were asked by peers to role-play as slaves for lesson David Pescovitz
jeremy o. harris White woman interrupted a Broadway talkback to call the playwright "racist against white people." Thom Dunn
slavery In Kuwait, domestic laborers are bought and sold on Instagram Xeni Jardin
folio society The Folio Society is releasing a gorgeous edition of Octavia Butler's "Kindred" Cory Doctorow
american downton abbey The real meaning of plantation tours: American Downton Abbey vs American Horror Story Cory Doctorow
abolitionists Trailer for new Harriet Tubman biopic David Pescovitz
frederick douglass Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? Cory Doctorow
sexual assaulters Bill O'Reilly sums up American history perfectly in two tweets, doesn't realize it Xeni Jardin
ta-nehisi coates Ta-Nehisi Coates makes the case for reparations to Congress Cory Doctorow
slavery After 150 years, Runaway Negro Creek finally has a new name David Pescovitz
ubi Douglas Rushkoff's sobering view of Universal Basic Income Rusty Blazenhoff