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Valentina Gomez, 25, called Juneteenth the ‘most ratchet’ of holidays as she slammed the idea of reparations for slavery

The Equal Justice Initiative nonprofit invoked the Juneteenth holiday as it dedicated a monument that honors the people who endured and survived slavery

The decision to end slavery ultimately had the profound impact of making America the strongest country in the world, writes OneUnited Bank CEO Kevin Cohee.

The most pro-worker president in U.S. history must act on behalf of incarcerated workers in U.S. prisons

As the story of Juneteenth is told by modern-day historians, enslaved Black people were freed by laws, not combat.

Though Frederick Douglass remains the most well-known abolitionist to visit Ireland in the decades prior to the American Civil War, he was not the only one.

This week, we are addressing the issue of reparations for historical injustices, including slavery, colonial violence, and war crimes. Calls for compensation are gaining momentum, particularly in the Global South, with a strong focus on the Caribbean and Africa.

'Deceptive recruiting ... or even forced labour.'

Since a fragile 2022 peace deal ended Ethiopia's two-year war between Tigrayan fighters and federal forces, there are signs of recovery in the capital of Tigray. Also, Zanzibar commemorates the abolition of slavery. The island was a key stopping-off point for Arab slavers across East Africa for hundreds of years.