British band Slaves announced that they have changed their name to Soft Play and apologized for any offense caused by their original name. The U.K. punk rock duo, which consists of frontman Laurie ...

Slaves have announced they’ll be changing their band name following the release of their fourth album, To Better Days. Slaves cite the racial connotations of their band name along with support for the ...

UK punks Slaves have rebranded themselves as Soft Play and apologized for their original name. “As younger men, we responded to criticism of the name from a place of fear and defensiveness,” frontman ...

The Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Missouri says they have acquired what is thought to be the earliest known photograph depicting slaves. Importantly, the image also challenges some popular ...

Way back in 2020, the California post-hardcore band Slaves announced they were changing their name. They eventually rebranded as Rain City Drive. Beyond distancing themselves from the problematic ...

Slavery had a long history in the ancient world and was practiced in Ancient Egypt and Greece, as well as Rome. Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and, unlike in modern times, Roman ...

The genes of 50,000 descendants of slaves reveal the effects of the global slave trade generations later, according to a study published Thursday in the American Journal of Human Genetics. Researchers ...

British band Slaves announced that they have changed their name to Soft Play and apologized for any offense caused by their original name. The UK punk rock duo, which consists of frontman Laurie ...

UK punk duo Slaves – comprising singer and drummer Isaac Holman and guitarist Laurie Vincent, both of whom are white – have apologised for their name, acknowledging its offensive connotations and ...