This House Speaker Race Is Not Nearly As Chaotic As The Two-Month, 133-Ballot Epic In 1856—When Slavery Was A Core Issue

Topline The House Speaker election is dragging on to a fourteenth vote, but it’s still a far cry from the chaos and violence that plagued 19th Century speaker races, especially one in 1856 that just p...

Qatar 2022’s Modern Slavery Critics Must Look Closer To Home

LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 20: BBC FIFA World Cup coverage on television screens at Flat Iron Square … [+] on November 20, 2022 in London, England. The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 starts on ...

Kwame Alexander On The Book About Slavery He Was ‘Called To Write’

Kwame Alexander’s latest book, “The Door of No Return,” comes out Tuesday. WireImage Kwame Alexander has written dozens of books—ones about basketball, ones about soccer, ones about ...

Is the U.S. stock market closed today? What investors need to know on Juneteenth.

U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed Monday, June 20, in observance of the Juneteenth holiday, which commemorates the end of slavery in America. Officially known as the Juneteenth National Indep...