Wherein I meet Marcus Samuelsson and pick up a recipe -- and a history lesson -- of rum

Louis Congo became the punisher, doling out brutal whippings, brandings and even hangings to his own people

At the heart of Margaret Atwood's book lies a biblical story that provided blueprints for a patriarchal dystopia.

Defending a staffer who once wrote “John Wilkes Booth was right,” Paul spews his own troubling anti-Lincoln bias

The imaginary terrors of "Game of Thrones" recall real-world tragedies -- and they should

How a Bible edition aimed at right-wing evangelicals has quietly scrubbed references to slavery and "the Jews"

Wall Street's favorite company just defeated Bill de Blasio. But the Uber version of progress is a bait and switch

A monument to a Founding Father, a home of slavery, a swearing-in site for new citizens and my childhood playground

From atrociously bad argumentation to humiliating propaganda, here's just how crazy Dinesh D'Souza's new movie is

William Wells Brown became a leading black thinker and speaker of the 19th century. First he needed his freedom

Hundreds of years of slave labor shaped western society, and it's still claiming new victims

By Asra Nomani

Republican Rep. Jon Hubbard is the latest to deem it a blessing. His position is not as uncommon as you'd think

Red-fleshed cultivars contain high concentrations of genetic proteins, antioxidants and natural phenols

"I'm not saying Mr. Sanders should drop out," Krugman said, "he has the right to keep campaigning"