Slaves
Artists Are Ditching Their Racially Insensitive Band Names. Who's Next?
No matter how slight a band name's connotation to slavery in America may be, now is the time to change it.
'Cancer Alley' Residents Are Trying to Stop a Huge Plastics Plant from Being Built on the Graves of Slaves
“Our community cannot handle another chemical plant.”
Georgetown students vote to pay reparations to 272 slaves' descendants
Jesuit priests sold their 272 slaves for about $3.3 million in today’s dollars, a portion of which was used to keep Georgetown running and pay off its debts.
The Food Festival Showing How Slaves Built American Cuisine
The annual Heritage Harvest Food Festival is hosted at Thomas Jefferson's slave plantation Monticello. This year, its founders and participants are making a concerted effort to reckon with the site's past.
We Visited Slaves' Laurie Vincent in His Brighton Studio
Ahead of his art show opening in Hoxton tonight, we went to talk to Laurie about his paintings.
Why It's Naive to Think Musicians Should Keep Out of Politics
How protesters and bands at London's anti-Theresa May protest felt about the "stick to the tunes" view.
My Family Didn’t Have Slaves, But We Had Servants
Growing up in Pakistan before moving to Canada as a teen, I now feel terrible about how my family treated them
Your Favourite Bands Are Doing A Charity Covers Show to Benefit Refugees
Wolf Alice, Swim Deep, Years & Years, and more are teaming up for the one off London gig.
UK Punks Slaves Are A-OK with Your Outrage
We hang with the duo in Austin to discuss their new Mike D-produced LP and the ever-present controversy that surrounds them.
PREMIERE: Slaves New Video for "Take Control" Will Get You Fired Up
The UK punk duo are back with a new song and, yes, it's angry AF.
'Ancient Flames,' Today's Comic by Michel Esselbrügge
Two men find love at a witch burning/slave auction that turns chaotic.
Ole Missus vs. Mammy: Who Owns Southern Food?
A response to Cynthia Bertelsen's “Edna Lewis and the Mythology Behind Modern Southern Food.”