Experience Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin in an innovative, musical way. A list of audio links leads class members to spirituals from the novel, such as "Die in the Field," "The Wings in the Morning," and "Blow Ye the...

Sound bites from historical slaveowner Thomas Thistlewood and former slave Olaudah Equiano regarding trade and commerce, plantation life, the riches of Africa, and resistance and rebellion. Also featured, a rap by Soweto Kinch, entitled...

NPR's Morning Edition chronicles the plight of Latino migrants who attempt to cross the border into the United States.

Shade-grown coffee is sometimes called "bird friendly coffee," but a new paper in the journal Current Biology suggests that the plantations also help maintain the genetic diversity of native tree species.