Selected Articles

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August 6, 2022

The Search for a Meaningful Clue to the Mystery of an Enslaved Ancestor

 

April 17, 2021

A Catholic Order Pledged $100 Million to Atone for Taking Part in the Slave Trade. Some Descendants Want a New Deal.

 

March 16, 2021

My Research Into the History of Catholic Slaveholding Transformed My Understanding of My Church.

 

March 15, 2021

Catholic Order Pledges $100 Million to Atone for Slave Labor and Sales

 

October 30th, 2019

Georgetown’s $400,000-a-Year Plan to Aid Slave Descendants

 

September 12th, 2019

The Seminary Flourished on Slave Labor. Now It’s Planning to Pay Reparations

 

August 2nd, 2019

The Nuns Who Bought and Sold Human Beings

 

September 21st, 2018

What Do You Do When Someone Makes a Racist Remark?

 

June 28th, 2018

At 98, the Army Just Made Him an Officer: A Tale of Racial Bias in World War II

 

April 3rd, 2018

Martin Luther King Jr.: 50 Years Later, His Battles Live On

 

December 21st, 2017

“Five Takeaways From a Year of Talking About Race”

 

December 18th, 2016

Insurance Policies on Slaves: New York Life’s Complicated Past

 

April 16th, 2016

272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe Their Descendants?

 

September 1st, 2016

Georgetown University Plans Steps to Atone for Slave Past

 

June 18th, 2016

Words of Obama’s Father Still Waiting to Be Read by His Son

 

December 7th, 2014

Shielding Children From Talk of Ferguson and Garner

 

September 28th, 2014

For a Worker With Little Time Between 3 Jobs, a Nap Has Fatal Consequences