Slavery

China, Maduro Regime Criticize US Over Racism; UK Says it’s a Global Problem

Before the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution creating a new mechanism focusing on issues of racism and “the legacies of colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade,” represenatives...

Crazy Joy: Dems Shouldn’t Pass Infrastructure Until Manchin, Sinema Kill Filibuster

UN Rights Chief: Countries That Profited From Slavery, Colonialism Must Make ‘Reparations’

Countries that profited from slavery and colonialism must acknowledge “the truth about these legacies” and make reparations, the United Nations’ top human rights official said Monday.

FAKE NEWS: Joy Reid Claims Republicans Want to Ban Talk of Juneteenth, Slavery

Biden: ‘I Don’t Think America Is Racist,’ But We Have to Deal with ‘Overhang’ from Jim Crow, Slavery

President Joe Biden said Friday that he doesn’t think America is racist or that the American people are racist, but he said they have to deal with the after effects of slavery and Jim Crow.

UN Rights Chief on Floyd Case Verdict: Uproot Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism

The United Nations’ top human rights official on Wednesday welcomed the guilty verdict in the George Floyd case, and sought to place his killing into the context of history, with references to the legacy...

EVIL: Reid, Guests Claim Red States Don’t Care What Happens to Black People (Pt. 2)

CNN: Trump the Equivalent of Secessionist Slave States for Challenging Election!

Looks like CNN got tired of calling President Trump "Hitler," and was looking around for a new metaphor with which to attack him. And so it was that on today's New Day, co-host John Berman strained...

Durbin Asks Barrett, 'Have You Seen the George Floyd Video?'

Slavery, racism and the George Floyd video came up at Tuesday's Senate confirmation hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett.