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
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
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
sexual assaulters Bill O'Reilly sums up American history perfectly in two tweets, doesn't realize it Xeni Jardin
