Aug 20SaveCriminal Justice8/20/20Criminal Justice8/20/209 Years a Slave: Black Combat Veteran Freed After Being Legally Enslaved Over $30 Worth of WeedMichael Harriot19SaveThis headline is clickbait.
Jun 25SaveNews6/25/20News6/25/20Ohio Lawmakers Seek to Remove Slavery as a Punishment From State ConstitutionJoe Jurado24SaveSlavery, for the most part, has been abolished in this country. I say for the most part because the 13th Amendment…
Nov 13 2018SaveSocial Justice11/13/18Social Justice11/13/18California Is Using Slave Labor to Fight the WildfiresMichael Harriot79SaveYesterday, I vacuumed the stairs.
Feb 12 2018Save2/12/18Today Is Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday—and a Good Time to Remind You He Did Not Free the SlavesMonique Judge109SaveMonday is the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, who was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Kentucky. He was the 16th president of the…
Oct 14 2016Save10/14/16Ava DuVernay's 13th Is The Only Recent Release You Absolutely, Definitely MUST SeeMorgan McDaniel389SaveLast week, Ava DuVernay's documentary 13th premiered on Netflix. The film documents America's history of…
Oct 10 2016Save10/10/16Justice Department Announces Investigation Into Ala. Prison ConditionsMonique JudgeSaveThe U.S. Department of Justice will be conducting an investigation into the conditions at Alabama’s prisons for men, …
Oct 6 2016SaveThe Root Video10/6/16The Root Video10/6/16Watch: Ava DuVernay on Mass Incarceration, White Fear and Black JoyFelice LeónSaveWhite fear exists. It has been manufactured, encouraged and proliferated through the centuries. From it spawned a…