Trump Puts America First, Then Trade, Before Freedom and Justice

Trump Puts America First, Then Trade, Before Freedom and Justice

“Blinded by cheap oil and seduced by weapons sales, Trump maintains his alliance with a hereditary dictatorship with medieval social mores.” It remains unsettling even after two years – especially when it is all there in black and white, complete with...
“Black Pete Was Influenced by the Blackface Tradition of the 19th Century”

“Black Pete Was Influenced by the Blackface Tradition of the 19th Century”

Interview According to historian Elisabeth Koning, Dutch minstrel shows, in which white artists played black buffoons, served as a source of inspiration for Black Pete. Black Pete was influenced by the international blackface tradition. The “minstrel show” was a...