Jarring Eyewitness Accounts Shed Light on the Cruelty of Slavery
Reading Time: 18 minutes Former Chicago Sun-Times photo editor Richard Cahan shares powerful images and comments of formerly enslaved African Americans.
How to Pay for Slavery: House Takes Another Look at Reparations
Reading Time: 3 minutes A solid majority of Americans agree that blacks in the US are still suffering the consequences of 250 years of slavery. But what should be done about it? The House of Representatives is taking a look today on how a historic wrong can be righted.
Ben Carson’s Gift to History Revisionists
Reading Time: 3 minutes Influential forces are trying to rewrite history. Their work is made easy when leaders like Barack Obama and Ben Carson are referring to slaves as “immigrants.”