"The Nickel Boys" frees voices imprisoned in a forgotten past.

In a rebuttal to Mitch McConnell—and possibly Joe Biden—Ta-Nehisi Coates helped House Democrats start a conversation on slavery, racism, and reparations.

Andrew Johnson’s opponents discovered the difficulties of removing a president.

A new book documents the legislative turmoil that led to the Civil War.

Zora Neale Hurston’s drive to tell the story of the slave trade’s last survivor

How can Americans have such different memories of slavery?

How Kanye's ignorant comments fortify the most pernicious lies of white supremacy.

A new museum and lynching memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, constitute a watershed moment in the way America remembers its racist past.

The writer's critics call him a cynic. But as a new anthology shows, his thinking has matured in subtle ways over the years.

Fred Kaplan's new book asks why it took Abraham Lincoln so long to embrace emancipation.

The group Take ‘Em Down NOLA has an ambitious goal—to rid the city of all its tributes to slavery’s defenders.

The Founders knew that economic inequality would destroy America's democracy. So why can't the Constitution save us?

The judge's selective approach to constitutional originalism raises serious questions about his respect for the Second Founding after the Civil War.

The Sundance sensation may not be great art, but its snarling urgency makes it a movie for our times.

Two lefties discuss the latest "documentary" by the right wing's favorite conspiracy theorist.

Slave narratives have always been popular—and predictable. Can a new generation rewrite the rules?