“Until the pictures of the slave’s sufferings were drawn up and held up to public gaze, no Northerner had any idea of the cruelty of the system,” abolitionist Angelina Grimké wrote in her famous “ ...

Patrisse Cullors wants us to do better—by ourselves, of course, but most importantly by one another. Cullors is known for her revolutionary activism as the co-founder of Black Lives Matter and leading ...

Supporters need to follow Frederick Douglass' example — and make a case for conceiving of citizenship more broadly.

Patrisse Cullors has been a force in the social justice and activism space as one of the three founders of the Black Lives Matter movement alongside Opal Tometi and Alicia Garza. As an artist, author, ...

Impatient drivers are causing new traffic problems on a highway that was closed for 2 years. PennDOT hopes a ‘unique’ sign ...

The "Abolition Acre" self-guided walking tour was recently established by the nonprofit Beacon Hill Scholars to raise ...

The nation's first abolitionist newspaper is being revived after its inception nearly 200 years ago, and it has pledged to be a place for conversation on a number of racial justice issues, including ...

Elijah Lovejoy's newspaper, the Alton Observer, defied pro-slavery St. Louis ...

Nestled on what could be mistaken for just an ordinary, unassuming street corner in Downtown Brooklyn, stands a brick building responsible for helping an unknown number of enslaved people in their ...

The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues. Listen below and subscribe for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or ...

The radical activist group that the Biden administration said it erroneously included in guidance on post-coronavirus school reopenings was already spreading its messaging in schools and universities ...

The abolitionist movement of the 19th century helped galvanize the US against slavery. The abolitionist movement of the 19th century helped galvanize the country against slavery and made the civil war ...