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A Famed Anti-Sex Trafficking Group Has a Problem With the Truth
Backed by Donald Trump, Operation Underground Railroad has flourished in the age of QAnon. But not all of its stories hold up to scrutiny.
WATCH: How Your Banks Made Money From Slavery
The new episode from 'Empires of Dirt' explores how banks profited from the slave trade, even after it was abolished in the UK.
A London Museum Is Ignoring Calls to Remove Statue of Slave Trader Robert Geffrye
Protesters gathered outside the Museum of the Home in east London to call on its board to honour the results of its public consultation.
Sen. Tom Cotton Says Founding Fathers Saw Slavery as a 'Necessary Evil'
In his in his quest to block schools from using federal money to teach the 1619 Project, the Arkansas Republican has riled Nikole Hannah-Jones.
Joe Biden Says Leave Washington and Columbus Statues Alone
The presumed Democratic nominee for president would take down Confederate statues but save Christopher Columbus and the founding fathers.
Black Therapists Have Been Working Overtime Since the Police Killed George Floyd
“No one ever sat down with freed slaves to help them process the trauma of having their families split apart or being forced to watch their brothers and sisters get lynched.”
Here’s Exactly What Black People Were Promised on Juneteenth 155 Years Ago
“An absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves.”
Another Statue of a European Slaver Has Been Taken Down
A statue of King Leopold II in Antwerp has been taken down by Belgian authorities.
'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.”
Chocolate Shop Scraps 17th-Century Theme After Activist Points Out Slavery Connection
Portland's 1670 New American Chocolate House was called out for "racist, colonial" branding that included three cargo ships.
Pirates, Stowaways, Vigilantes: ‘The Outlaw Ocean’ Humanizes Crime on the High Seas
Reporter Ian Urbina spent years at sea reporting on maritime crime. His new book exposes the strange world that few on land ever experience.
Epstein Truthers Are Obsessed With a Sci-Fi Book About Child Sex Slavery Written by Bill Barr’s Dad
I bought a novel by Donald Barr about sex slaves in space for $1.95. Now, it’s worth hundreds.