The idea that slavery existed in past centuries is disturbing enough. To think that it still exists somewhere in the world is even more troubling. But it does go on today in northwestern Africa and ...

Mat Callahan is a musician and insurgent historian whose latest project is, “Songs of Slavery and Emancipation.” The book and double-album were released on June 17 by Jalopy Records in New York and a ...

*Lyfe Jennings‘ new song, it seems, has an image problem. Or more to the point, there are folks out there, like Charlamagne Tha God, who doesn’t get it. You see, the song just happens to invoke the ...