Tag: Transatlantic slave trade
How the shadow of slavery still hangs over global finance
Philip Roscoe, University of St Andrews
When the infamous Zong trial began in 1783, it laid bare the toxic relationship between finance and slavery. It...
For parents of color, schooling at home can be an act...
Monisha Bajaj, University of San Francisco
My 6-year-old hates the British. To be more specific, the British Empire that ruled over up to a quarter...
The black Muslim female fashion trailblazers who came before model Halima...
Kayla Renée Wheeler, Grand Valley State University
Media reports have celebrated Halima Aden becoming the first woman to be featured in the Sports Illustrated...
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
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
