Most U.S. politicians, including five presidents, have descended from slave owners, according to a new Reuters special report. The report published on June 27 was penned by a team of six reporters from the news outlet. It found that incumbent President Joe Biden and four of his predecessors, alongside two Supreme Court justices, trace their […]
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By Tom Lasseter, Lawrence Delevingne, Makini Brice, Donna Bryson and Tom Bergin WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As U.S. lawmakers commemorated the end of slavery by celebrating Juneteenth this month, many of them could have looked no further than their own .