Tag Archives: Thirteenth Amendment (US Constitution)

The New York Times 6:58 pm on May 24, 2022
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Abortion Questions for Justice Alito and His Supreme Court Allies

Isn’t having to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term the same as forced labor?

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The New York Times 7:00 pm on June 18, 2021
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Juneteenth Reminds Us Just How Far We Have to Go

Abolishing slavery was only one step on a winding journey.

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The New York Times 11:41 pm on June 16, 2021
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House Passes Bill to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday

The measure would designate June 19 as a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery. More than a dozen Republicans voted against it.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on December 15, 2020
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Abolition Is Not Complete

The framers of the 13th Amendment did not intend to establish an empire of prison labor.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on October 16, 2020
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What About the Rest of the Constitution?

Amy Coney Barrett’s originalism ignores the significance of the second American Revolution.

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The New York Times 11:00 pm on August 28, 2020
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The Massacre That Emboldened White Supremacists

The 1873 murders of dozens of former slaves in a flyspeck Louisiana town still reverberate.

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The New York Times 9:28 pm on June 19, 2020
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The 1865 Handwritten Order Marking Juneteenth Has Been Found

The order to inform Texans that “all slaves are free” was found in a Union Army records book in the National Archives in Washington on Thursday.

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The New York Times 10:48 pm on June 4, 2020
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Art That Confronts and Challenges Racism: Start Here

Our writers suggest works that illuminate and tackle issues of police brutality, social injustice and racial inequity.

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