Gene Dattel, a financial historian, captivated a group of students and professors with his own version of modern America’s disquieting foundations Monday afternoon. He argued that it was in fact the cotton trade that perpetuated slavery and racism in a nineteenth-century America fraught with greed and bigotry.

White America has it out for Michael Vick. Many whites in this country have a professed and profound hatred for the man.

Michael Vick’s notoriety comes from being an NFL quarterback. He played for the Atlanta Falcons his first six seasons in the league up until his legal troubles interrupted his career. This season, Vick has signed to play for the Philadelphia Eagles, but he will not be able to play until Week Three, when the league lifts his suspension.