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Byline: Franzi Wild 'I believe as a group we feel the fund is not reparative justice and there is so much more the university has to do,' Julia Thomas (COL [...]

This election cycle, voters in Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont, will have the opportunity to vote to amend certain portions of the 13th amendment in their state. The amendment [...]

Byline: MARY ELLEN RITTER Following approval by the Faculty Senate on Jan. 20, the University of Minnesota said it will not hold classes in recognition of Juneteenth, a federal holiday [...]

Byline: Michael Tracey, Reporter The U.S. House of Representatives voted 415-15 on Wednesday to officially make Juneteenth (June 19) the 12th federal holiday commemorating the end of African-American slavery within [...]

A House committee voted to move forward with legislation aimed at creating plans to remedy the lasting effects of slavery. This is the farthest the legislation has gone through Congress [...]

These days, Tianna Mobley (COL '20, GRD '22) spends much of her time combing through the Library of Congress' digital archival database, scouring primary documents to learn more about the [...]

Georgetown University must follow through on its commitment to atone for its history with slavery, and students should direct new energy toward GU272 advocacy at Georgetown. The GU272 referendum -- [...]

Byline: Bella Arnold TweetShareShare The GOP, also known as the Grand Old Patriarchy, I mean, the Grand Old Party was established in 1854. Anti-Slavery Whigs formed the party built on [...]

Byline: Darren JianCaroline HamiltonAnnemarie CucciaAnnabella HogeEditorial Board Many at Georgetown looked on with hope as students resoundingly passed a landmark referendum on April 11, 2019 to pay reparations to those [...]

Since Georgetown University's long history with slavery re-entered public view five years ago, faculty, administrators, student activists, and descendants of those enslaved by the Jesuits have grappled with the significance [...]

By: Sarah Pulkowski An Act sponsored in 2019 by New Jersey heartthrob, Cory Booker , and by Sheila Jackson Lee, JD , Texas Representative, has gained support by democratic presidential [...]

Byline: Annemarie Cuccia Perched inside the window of GUSA's Leavey Center office, there is a sign reading 'This school exists because of slavery.' These words, written in a burst of [...]

Byline: Stefanie PousoulidesMona Tong Current U.S. politicians are considering paying reparations to black descendants of American slavery at a level they haven't since the Reconstruction Era. And a Duke professor [...]

Byline: Stefanie Pousoulides Current U.S. politicians are considering paying reparations to black American descendants of slaves at a level they haven't since the Reconstruction Era. And a Duke professor is [...]

The Georgetown University Student Association senate is considering a resolution calling on the university to erect a memorial honoring the 272 slaves sold in 1838 by the Maryland Society of [...]

Byline: Casey Aylward Lincoln's ability to 'accommodate and even blur the differences' between varying opinions regarding slavery helped to make him a 'skillful politician in an internally divided country,' panelist [...]

WASHINGTON -- Only the naive have ever believed that democracy is solely a noble contest over competing ideas, proposals and solutions. Emotion looms large in every human decision, including how [...]

The Republican Party came to life as the bastion of 'Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Speech, Free Men.' It was a reformist party dedicated to stopping the spread of slavery [...]

SANTA FE, N.M. â The latest on New Mexico lawmakers' REAL ID debate (all times local): 6:15 p.m. A New Mexico Latina GOP lawmaker is denouncing a Democratic lawmaker for [...]

The recently released film, 'Lincoln,' is a very good movie about the political process. One of the key characters in this drama about passage of the Thirteenth Amendment is Pennsylvania [...]

Byline: Chris Liu The vote to finally abolish slavery in the U.S. was so very close--shockingly close, in fact. Two more votes could have continued to condemn an entire class [...]

Speaking at Fort Concho Commissary in a panel discussion, an ASU professor said that, contrary to popular belief, 'Lincoln was happy to let slavery be contained in the area where [...]