DEAR ABBY: My mom and I recently got into an argument about her mortgage. I’m on the mortgage and title to her home because she couldn’t afford to be on it by herself and needed my income and credit to help her. So, I did. I helped her. I am now married, and my husband … Read more
Allison Mack, the former “Smallville” actress convicted for her role in the notorious NXIVM cult, has revealed what she’s doing with her life following her early release from prison. The former TV star, who played Chloe Sullivan on the hit WB series, is now pursuing a master’s degree in social work as part of her … Read more
Archaeologists recently made a startling discovery: They found that two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Central America were actually two Danish slave ships. The ships, named Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus, are located in shallow waters off Costa Rica’s Cahuita National Park. The 18th-century vessels were shipwrecked in 1710, according to the National Museum of Denmark. “Fridericus Quartus was … Read more
Kit Harington looked absolutely ripped in a new photo taken backstage of the West End production of “Slave Play.” The shirtless snap of the “Game of Thrones” star, 37, was posted by “Slave Play” playwright Jeremy O. Harris, 35, on Tuesday, July 23. “Kits gonna kill me for posting this,” Harris wrote on his Instagram … Read more
It’s safe to say that the Mauritanian French director Med Hondo’s “West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty” is a unique film. That might be the only safe thing about it. The first African movie musical, it traces nearly four centuries of French colonialism with unsparing clarity and relentless creativity, shot entirely on a replica … Read more
Despite her family coming from slaveholders, “The View” host Sunny Hostin declared “I still believe in reparations!” On Thursday’s episode of the ABC daytime talk show, Hostin addressed her recent appearance on the PBS documentary show “Finding Your Roots.” The show’s host Henry Louis Gates Jr. revealed to Hostin that one of her ancestors on … Read more
A journalist who quit her job at the BBC in March demanded Monday that King Charles III issue an apology regarding this ancestors’ involvement with the transatlantic slave trade. “I would hope very much that in the coming years, he can apologize for the royal family’s historic links to slavery and make a meaningful financial gesture … Read more