For Black people, the Revolution was full of paradoxes
There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...
Smithsonian Magazine1d
What Spurred the South to Join the American Revolution?
How a disagreement with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, a cache of gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor ...
Foreign Affairs2d
What “the Global South” Really Means
In October 2024, at the most recent BRICS summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the countries of the “global South” ...
ABC572d
Rescue hopes fading four days after quake kills more than 2,700 in Myanmar and Thailand. Here’s what we know
Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors more than four days after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, toppling buildings as far away as the Thai capital Bangkok ...
Land reparations are possible − and over 225 US communities are already working to make amends for slavery and colonization
Ever since the United States government’s unfulfilled promise of giving every newly freed Black American “40 acres and a mule” after the Civil War, descendants of the enslaved have repeatedly proposed ...
A behind-the-scenes look at the 2 weeks leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter: Part 1
Here’s what happened in April 1861, leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, which spurred the launch of the American Civil War.
Smell of death permeates Myanmar cities after quake kills over 1,600, leaves others buried
The 7.7 magnitude quake hit midday Friday with an epicenter near Mandalay, bringing down scores of buildings and damaging ...
Rescuers search for survivors two days after quake kills more than 1,700 people in Myanmar and Thailand. Here’s what we know
Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors more than two days after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, ...
Myanmar resistance movement announces partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts
The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to more than 1,000 on Saturday as more bodies were ...