Alabama artist’s monument to ‘Mothers of Gynecology’ stands as a symbol of body autonomy
Michelle Browder's work challenges the American health care narrative and highlights the brutality enacted on Black bodies.
By Rebekah Sager - May 11, 2023Michelle Browder's work challenges the American health care narrative and highlights the brutality enacted on Black bodies.
By Rebekah Sager - May 11, 2023Voters in four states have approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, while those in a fifth state rejected a flawed version of the question. The measures approved Tuesday could curtail the use of prison labor in Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont. In Louisiana, […]
By Associated Press - November 12, 2022The proposals seek to close loopholes in state law allowing slavery or involuntary servitude as criminal punishment.
By Associated Press - October 22, 2022One GOP lawmaker said he opposes a new federal holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States because the ‘intent is to replace the Fourth of July.’
By Emily Singer - June 17, 2021‘This is an assault on the craft of teaching,’ said a teacher in Tennessee. ‘It’s asking me to show up and ignore parts of my own identity.’
By Associated Press - June 14, 2021Tom Cotton’s proposal would tell local school boards what to do.
By Josh Israel - June 11, 2021‘Universities will do as little as they can get away with,’ said Trinity College professor Davarian Baldwin.
By Associated Press - May 16, 2021‘If we’re going to force this on anybody, it ought to be the one party that has done so much damage,’ said Louie Gohmert.
By Oliver Willis - April 15, 2021Nearly half of Americans have never heard of ‘cancel culture.’
By Josh Israel - February 17, 2021‘We have a great deal to answer for,’ said the Episcopal bishop of New York.
By Associated Press - December 19, 2020The South Carolina senator is in favor of local control of education — except when he’s not.
By Josh Israel - December 14, 2020A similar ballot question was defeated a decade ago.
By Associated Press - November 08, 2020Christopher Columbus enslaved indigenous people and subjected them to violence. Trump said he wants to protect that ‘legacy.’
By Emily Singer - October 13, 2020Cotton made the comment while defending his bill to ban the teaching of the New York Times’ ‘1619 project’ — about the origins of slavery in the United States — from being taught in schools.
By Emily Singer - July 27, 2020But the Republican senator has previously argued the government shouldn’t interfere with state and local decisions on education.
By Josh Israel - July 23, 2020In an interview on Fox News, Trump questioned the ‘end result’ of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency.
By Oliver Willis - June 12, 2020Advocates seek to inform visitors about how the original property profited off of slave labor.
By Associated Press - December 28, 2019