where science and ethics intersect with politics
Black History Month is not a symbolic observance or a relic of the past—it is a necessary corrective to historical amnesia. From voting rights and policing to education, wealth inequality, and cultural erasure, the struggles and contributions of Black Americans continue to shape the nation’s present. Understanding Black history is essential to understanding America itself—and to confronting the unfinished work of justice that remains.
Abolition Day marks the ratification of the 13th Amendment—an end to legal slavery, but not an end to the forces that shaped it. For the Humane Party, this day is both remembrance and responsibility, a reminder that abolition was a beginning and that the deeper work of justice remains unfinished.
With tensions rising and calls for a general strike spreading across the country, The Humane Herald asks: What does real resistance look like when ethics—not power—take the lead?
This feature examines the roots of the movement, the moral questions it raises, and what must come after disruption if we hope to build a truly just world.
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