Tag: Slavery

The Slavery Debate and Our Evolving Constitution

Richard Striner · June 22, 2017 9:45 am

Culture Clash

Richard Striner · June 16, 2017 6:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks with Washington Examiner reporter Salena Zito, in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington D.C. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

Trump: ‘Why was there the Civil War?’

Kyle Feldscher · May 1, 2017 2:32 pm

Beltway Confidential

Ben Carson’s immigrant/slave speech is remarkably similar to an address Obama gave last year

Becket Adams · March 7, 2017 9:34 pm

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson referred to American slaves as immigrants Monday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Ben Carson’s comments on slavery draw swift rebuke from ex-president’s daughter

Becket Adams · March 6, 2017 11:01 pm

Yale Stumbles into the Right Decision on John C. Calhoun

Jay Cost · February 21, 2017 5:20 pm

Nullifying Calhoun

Jay Cost · February 17, 2017 7:00 am

Ashton Kutcher nearly breaks down at Senate hearing on sex trafficking

Kelly Cohen · February 15, 2017 5:25 pm

Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., has proposed the bill in each Congress for at least the last two decades. (AP Photos)

Dems renew demand for slavery reparations

Pete Kasperowicz · January 4, 2017 10:02 pm

Albion’s Seeds

Edwin Yoder · October 14, 2016 6:00 am

From fiscal 2012 to fiscal 2014, the IRS identified 2,960 frivolous reparation claims, or about 1,000 per year. (AP Photo/Bradley C. Bower, File)

Thousands demanding tax credits for slavery

Pete Kasperowicz · October 12, 2016 4:41 pm

Lost in U.S. history was how the Electoral College resulted from a compromise between northern and southern states over the divisive issue of slavery. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

How slavery birthed the electoral college

Myra Adams · October 12, 2016 4:04 am