Slavery remains a major world issue
Human trafficking can happen anywhere: that was the message Springfield Central High School students learned during a special presentation on Friday. Full story
What the Lincoln-Stephen Douglas debates can teach us today
Author and Brandeis University professor John Burt joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book "Lincoln's Tragic Pragmatism: Lincoln, Douglas, and Moral Conflict."
Melber: 'They took a risk and they failed miserably'
The Cycle hosts backspin on the new, controversial collaboration between Brad Paisley and LL Cool J – “Accidental Racist.”
150 years after U.S. emancipation, slavery isn’t over
This January marked not only the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, but also the third annual National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Full story
Revisiting the realities of slavery
From politics to pop culture, the legacy of President Abraham Lincoln is constantly being invoked in American society. Is this new obsession with Lincoln, and the milestone anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, giving room to revisit the nation’s collective amnesia on slavery?
Tarantino’s cinematic catharsis with ‘Django Unchained’
Django Unchained takes us deep into a world where America rarely wants to visit, but this time the slave wins. Full story
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A 'national amnesia' on slavery
Salamishah Tillet, author of "Sites of Slavery," joins the conversation on race and talks about what she calls a "national amnesia" on slavery.
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French President Hollande attends a ceremony at the Luxembourg Gardens to mark the abolition of slavery and to pay tribute to the victims of the slave trade in Paris
French President Francois Hollande shakes hands with supporters after a ceremony at the Luxembourg Gardens to mark the abolition of slavery and to pay tribute to the victims of the slave trade in Paris May 10, 2013. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS)
