Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States, with a history dating back to the 1860s.

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Climate change is creating a mental health crisis in Phoenix. A budding movement in the desert might solve it.

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For more than 200 years, the São José Paquete d’Africa lay hidden off Cape Town’s shore. Its excavation in 2014 uncovered a ...

In 1700, the English merchant slave ship Henrietta Marie sank 35 miles west of Key West shortly after offloading 190 captured Africans in Jamaica. Nearly 325 years later, using the ...

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In Karnataka, a proposed amendment to labour laws aims to extend the maximum workday to 12 hours, sparking outrage among trade unions.

A judge awarded a woman $29.6 million in damages Tuesday morning in a lawsuit filed against her adoptive parents who ...

It’s important to tackle the topic in an age-appropriate way, experts say—and to make sure children understand how the legacy of slavery informs life today.

The history of vanilla is deeply entwined with colonialism and slavery, marked by the remarkable yet tragic story of Edmond ...