Your monthly LGM reminder that if you buy shrimp from supermarkets, you probably are buying a product produced by slaves: Every morning at 2 a.m., they heard a kick on the door and a threat: Get up or
I liked this Lisa Wade piece connecting the desperate attempts by ex-slaves to reconstruct their families through placing newspaper ads in the late 19th century to Black Lives Matter today in the term
Regardless of the complex debate over reparations for slavery discussed here, I can’t help but say that I don’t want a black president issuing a national apology for slavery. It needs to b
The United Kingdom has recently passed a law titled the Modern Slavery Act that will attempt to crack down on forced labor in that country. Concerned about business concerns, the original bill did not
Above: Slaves in the Thai fishing industry Nestlé, long one of the world’s most evil corporations, has finally admitted that much of its fish is procured through slave labor. Migrant workers to
This is the grave of James Buchanan. Buchanan was arguably the worst president in American history. A follower of Andrew Jackson, with all the commitment to white supremacy that entailed, Buchanan was
Like the environmental post yesterday, there are a lot of interesting historical posts I’ve been meaning to talk about. Let’s move through them all at once. 1) Extremely expensive dinners
Conservatives, including the conservative I ended up across the table from last weekend who I told that I wanted the government to invade his home and take his guns, love to say that their ability to