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D.C. Judge Argues 13th Amendment Prohibiting Slavery May Provide Constitutional Right to Abortion
National Review via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFederal judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly proposed Monday that a constitutional right to abortion may be...
Four states voted to end slavery as a form of criminal punishment. Here’s why Louisiana voters...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA renewed abolitionist movement closed 13th Amendment ‘loopholes’ that allow slavery as punishment...
Federal judge suggests abortion may still be protected by 13th Amendment
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA federal judge this week suggested abortion could still be federally protected even after the...
Juneteenth became a federal holiday two years ago. What does the day commemorate?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCorrection: A previous version of this story misstated the year the 13th Amendment was passed. In...
When Did Slavery Really End in the U.S.? The Complicated History of Juneteenth
Time via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAn illustration of the U.S. House of Representatives celebrating the passage of the 13th Amendment...
For Five U.S. States, Slavery Is Back On The Ballot
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt’s unsettling that slavery is on any ballot in nearly 2023. But for voters in five U.S. states, it will be. The Huffington Post reported, “voters in...
One of America’s Most Sinister Modern Sins Can Begin to Be Fixed
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhoto Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty and Wikimedia CommonsIn December 1866, an...
Opinion: Demise of Republican Party began with presidency of Richard Nixon
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Republican Party has a long and rich history. It is the party that led us through the Civil War...
Now a federal holiday, here's how to celebrate Juneteenth throughout Delaware this month
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJuneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they...
Missouri Senator drafts what would become 13th Amendment 160 years ago today
KTVI via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOn this day 160 years ago, Missouri Senator John Brooks Henderson introduced what would become the 13th Amendment of the constitution, abolishing slavery.