and the expansion of slavery in America’s southwest, Thoreau had stopped paying his taxes in 1842 and was later arrested in 1846. “If 1,000 men were not to pay their tax bills this year ...

Residents of a mostly white Alabama town cited conspiracy theories spread by the Republican presidential ticket and ...

David Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and ...

But given inmates’ inability to quit when they want to without repercussions behind bars, the system is closer to involuntary servitude — i.e., slavery. “In Alabama, slavery and involuntary servitude ...

A report from Cambridge University Press reveals that Salaga was one of the leading slave markets in West Africa during the 1880s. The story of the enslaved people—their origins, who brought ...

Alabama football made a statement Saturday afternoon in Madison, Wisconsin. The No. 4 Crimson Tide shut Wisconsin down, beating Wisconsin 42-10 at Camp Randall Stadium, its first trip to Madison ...

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deluded, slaves to various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful ourselves and hating one another. But when the kindness and ...

Kalen DeBoer's first road game with Alabama football went mostly without a hitch. No. 4 Alabama cruised to a 42-10 win against Wisconsin, helped by five scores by Jalen Milroe and multiple ...

When his father dies, Abu ’l-Husn squanders his inheritance ... until he owns nothing except a slave-girl named Tawaddud. Tawaddud advises him to take her to Caliph Hârûn al-Rashîd and sell her for 10 ...

Cristiano Ronaldo's move to Saudi Arabia with Al Nassr in January 2023 turned plenty of heads for a number of reasons. After playing his entire career in Europe, the 39-year-old Portugal star ...

Hajj is performed in the month of Dhu al-Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic calendar. The rituals of Hajj include wearing the Ihram (a white cloth) and performing Tawaf (circumambulation ...