As America approaches its 249th birthday, many scholars, writers, and ordinary Americans are prompted to review the nation’s ...

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Discussions on reparations for transatlantic slavery and colonialism are gaining momentum, with Caribbean and African nations calling on former colonial powers to engage on the issue.

The Savage South” is an image that retired UNC-Chapel Hill Lineberger Professor of the Humanities at Fred Hobson thinks and ...

Percival Everett was born in the deep South of the United States (Georgia, 1956) but has been based in California for some time.From there, he looks at the present and past of his country with his ...

A reparatory justice group, The Repair Campaign, has thrown its support behind Prime Minister Andrew Holness following his ...

Although Congress passed the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States in January 1865, it still needed to be ratified by state legislatures.

The sheikhs in Hebron have pre-empted Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas by pursuing peace with Israel, while putting a nail in ...