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12/23/19

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#NotAllHistorians: Some White People Are Upset That the New York Times' 1619 Project Isn’t Centered in Whiteness

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9/21/19

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Five-Time Grammy Award Winner Terence Blanchard Tapped as First Black Composer at Metropolitan Opera in 136 Years

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9/10/19

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Virginia Theological Seminary, With Deep Roots in Slavery, Sets Aside $1.7 Million to Pay Reparations

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9/5/19

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Exclusive: Martin Luther King Jr. Talks Reparations, White Economic Anxiety and Guaranteed Income in Previously Unheard Speech

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8/20/19

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Breaking: Something Bad Is Happening in Virginia [Updated]

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7/24/19

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A Republican Legislator Said Slavery Wasn't Racist Because Slave Owners 'Were Making Money.' Then Things Got Even Weirder

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7/4/19

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What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

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5/11/19

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Picture of Smiling Teachers Holding Noose Lands All Four on Paid Leave Alongside Principal

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4/3/19

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Erased From History: Meet Redoshi, the Last Survivor of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

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3/12/19

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No, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Didn't Call Ronald Reagan a Racist. But She Should Have

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2/27/19

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Explain Like I’m a Racist 5-Year-Old2/27/19

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Why Everyone’s Talking About Reparations, Explained

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2/12/19

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Court Upholds Ruling to Unseal Grand Jury Testimony in 1946 Moore's Ford Lynching

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1/22/19

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An Open Apology to the Covington Catholic MAGA Hat Harassment Team

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12/12/18

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Black to the Future: Nadine Ijewere Is the 1st Woman of Color to Shoot a Vogue Cover

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12/10/18

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'Slave Bible' Converted Slaves to Christianity by Omitting Parts That Could Lead to Uprising

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12/7/18

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The Hills Are Alive With The Sound of Music; One NYC Principal Decides to Die on One Anyway

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8/30/18

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Holding History Hostage: One Family’s Quiet Attempt to Erase Their Father’s Part in Emmett Till’s Story

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8/11/18

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This Is What They Meant By 'Great Again': It's 2018 and America Is Preparing for a Nazi Attack

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7/9/18

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As Haiti Burns, Never Forget: White People Did That

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5/30/18

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Trump Claims African Americans Have Chosen Democrats for 100 Years—Except His Math Is Way Off

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Exclusive: Rep. Ayanna Pressley Reveals Beautiful Bald Head and Discusses Alopecia for the First Time

Watchmen Is Getting the F*ck Up Off the Pool and Will Not Return for a Second Season

Not Like This, Kanye: Yeezus Christ to Headline Massive Prayer Rally With Anti-LGBTQ Pastors and Activists

#NotAllHistorians: Some White People Are Upset That the New York Times' 1619 Project Isn’t Centered in Whiteness

Five-Time Grammy Award Winner Terence Blanchard Tapped as First Black Composer at Metropolitan Opera in 136 Years

Virginia Theological Seminary, With Deep Roots in Slavery, Sets Aside $1.7 Million to Pay Reparations

Exclusive: Martin Luther King Jr. Talks Reparations, White Economic Anxiety and Guaranteed Income in Previously Unheard Speech

Breaking: Something Bad Is Happening in Virginia [Updated]

A Republican Legislator Said Slavery Wasn't Racist Because Slave Owners 'Were Making Money.' Then Things Got Even Weirder

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

Picture of Smiling Teachers Holding Noose Lands All Four on Paid Leave Alongside Principal

Erased From History: Meet Redoshi, the Last Survivor of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

No, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Didn't Call Ronald Reagan a Racist. But She Should Have

Why Everyone’s Talking About Reparations, Explained

Court Upholds Ruling to Unseal Grand Jury Testimony in 1946 Moore's Ford Lynching

An Open Apology to the Covington Catholic MAGA Hat Harassment Team

Black to the Future: Nadine Ijewere Is the 1st Woman of Color to Shoot a Vogue Cover

'Slave Bible' Converted Slaves to Christianity by Omitting Parts That Could Lead to Uprising

The Hills Are Alive With The Sound of Music; One NYC Principal Decides to Die on One Anyway

Holding History Hostage: One Family’s Quiet Attempt to Erase Their Father’s Part in Emmett Till’s Story

This Is What They Meant By 'Great Again': It's 2018 and America Is Preparing for a Nazi Attack

As Haiti Burns, Never Forget: White People Did That

Trump Claims African Americans Have Chosen Democrats for 100 Years—Except His Math Is Way Off

I ate 35 Hot Pockets in 4 days to bring you these authoritative Hot Pocket rankings

Exclusive: Rep. Ayanna Pressley Reveals Beautiful Bald Head and Discusses Alopecia for the First Time

5 Hours In, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Is Not The RPG I Was Hoping For

#NotAllHistorians: Some White People Are Upset That the New York Times' 1619 Project Isn’t Centered in Whiteness

Five-Time Grammy Award Winner Terence Blanchard Tapped as First Black Composer at Metropolitan Opera in 136 Years

Virginia Theological Seminary, With Deep Roots in Slavery, Sets Aside $1.7 Million to Pay Reparations

Exclusive: Martin Luther King Jr. Talks Reparations, White Economic Anxiety and Guaranteed Income in Previously Unheard Speech

Breaking: Something Bad Is Happening in Virginia [Updated]

A Republican Legislator Said Slavery Wasn't Racist Because Slave Owners 'Were Making Money.' Then Things Got Even Weirder

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

Picture of Smiling Teachers Holding Noose Lands All Four on Paid Leave Alongside Principal

Erased From History: Meet Redoshi, the Last Survivor of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

No, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Didn't Call Ronald Reagan a Racist. But She Should Have

Why Everyone’s Talking About Reparations, Explained

Court Upholds Ruling to Unseal Grand Jury Testimony in 1946 Moore's Ford Lynching

An Open Apology to the Covington Catholic MAGA Hat Harassment Team

Black to the Future: Nadine Ijewere Is the 1st Woman of Color to Shoot a Vogue Cover

'Slave Bible' Converted Slaves to Christianity by Omitting Parts That Could Lead to Uprising

The Hills Are Alive With The Sound of Music; One NYC Principal Decides to Die on One Anyway

Holding History Hostage: One Family’s Quiet Attempt to Erase Their Father’s Part in Emmett Till’s Story

This Is What They Meant By 'Great Again': It's 2018 and America Is Preparing for a Nazi Attack

As Haiti Burns, Never Forget: White People Did That

Trump Claims African Americans Have Chosen Democrats for 100 Years—Except His Math Is Way Off