The 4 million inhabitants of five U.S. territories – Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Northern Marianas Islands, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands – do not have the full protection of the Constitution, because of a series of Supreme Court cases dating back to 1901 that are based on archaic, often

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For my recently published book, “The Ledger and the Chain,” I visited more than 30 archives in over a dozen states, from Louisiana to Connecticut. Along the way, I uncovered mountains of material that exposed the depravity of the men who ran the largest domestic slave trading operation in American

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Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. What did white children have to say about their “all-white” schools integrating? – Julia M.N., age 11, New York City In 1954, the Supreme Court

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The history wars – the battle over how we teach our country’s past – are raging. The United States is confronting the legacies of slavery as never before. This national reconsideration has been prompted by police killings of unarmed Black men and The New York Times’ “1619 Project,” which reexamines

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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Black women who have experienced more racism throughout their lives have stronger brain responses to threat, which may hurt their long-term health, according to a new study I conducted with clinical neuropsychologist Negar Fani and other

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill on Sept. 7, 2021, that reduces opportunities for people to vote, allows partisan poll watchers more access and creates steeper penalties for violating voting laws. The Republican governor argued that the legislation would “solidify trust and confidence in the outcome of

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Black Lives Matter has been called the largest civil movement in U.S. history. Since 2013, local BLM chapters have formed nationwide to demand accountability for the killings of dozens of African Americans by police and others. Since the summer of 2020, when tens of millions in the U.S. and around

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Skin We’re In is really a landmark South African book for kids (and grown-ups) about skin colour. Printed in 2018, it had been co-created by a painter along with a researcher, both South African luminaries – the writer Sindiwe Magona and also the anthropologist and palaeobiologist Nina Jablonski. Here they

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The 2020 Tokyo, japan Olympic games began on This summer 23, 2021, among a couple of different controversies. Past the question of whether it had been safe enough to carry them despite rising hospitalizations from COVID-19 variants, there has been concerns about ongoing sexism, racism and prejudice against transgender athletes.

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