Tag: Slavery
Harriet Tubman: Biden revives plan to put a Black woman of...
Robert Gudmestad, Colorado State University
The Biden administration has revived a plan to put Harriet Tubman on the US$20 bill after Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary...
Thousands of ocean fishing boats could be using forced labor –...
Gavin McDonald, University of California Santa Barbara
Fishing on the high seas is a bit of a mystery, economically speaking. These areas of open ocean...
How one woman pulled off the first consumer boycott – and...
Tom Zoellner, Chapman University
While many companies have trumpeted their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, others are beginning to face consumer pressure for...
As states weigh human lives versus the economy, history suggests the...
Peter C. Mancall, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Policymakers are beginning to decide how to reopen the American...
The two-party system is here to stay
Alexander Cohen, Clarkson University
The American two-party system has long been besieged. Many of the founders feared that organizing people along ideological lines would be...
What Canada and South Africa can teach the U.S. about slavery...
Bonny Ibhawoh, McMaster University
America’s failure to understand, acknowledge and resolve the continuing catastrophe of slavery is holding back the entire nation.
Without broad public recognition...
Activists want a San Francisco high school mural removed, saying its...
Amna Khalid, Carleton College and Jeffrey Aaron Snyder, Carleton College
For nearly a century, a massive mural by painter Victor Arnautoff titled “The Life of...
3 ways to improve education about slavery in the US
Tiffany Mitchell Patterson, West Virginia University
When it comes to teaching students about slavery in the United States, teachers often stumble through the topic. In...
EXPLORING NATURE
Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes –...
Lily Peck, University of California, Los Angeles
For anyone who relies on coffee to start their day, coffee wilt...
