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Alabama Prisoners Sue State Over 'Modern-Day Slavery’ Work Programs
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCurrent and former prisoners in Alabama filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday arguing that the...
"Black AF History" author on whitewashing the past: "They have tried every way possible to erase us"
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMichael Harriot Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Fatima Michon As an '80s baby that carved...
California lawmakers revive effort to ban involuntary servitude as punishment for crimes
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn inmate from the Puerta La Cruz conservation camp in Warner Springs puts out burning downed trees...
Kentucky’s Constitution still allows for slavery. A group of teens is pushing to change it
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy via AOL· 7 months agoWhen Rev. Michael Swartzentruber tells people the Kentucky Constitution still allows slavery as a...
The 5 states with ballot initiatives to abolish slavery in 2022
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoEditor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read...
Slavery as punishment for crime rejected by voters in three states
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoVoters in three states approved ballot measures Tuesday to prohibit slavery as a punishment for...
'It's coming': Asheville Amtrak feasibility study brings calls for funds, advocacy
Gannett via AOL· 6 months agoASHEVILLE - While attending summer camp at Camp Ridgecrest in 1962, Steve Little would stay up late,...
Thousands of federal inmates still await early release under Trump-era First Step Act, advocates say
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThousands of nonviolent federal prisoners eligible for early release under a promising Trump-era law...
Lawmakers seek to end slavery for the incarcerated, which is legal in most states
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStory at a glance Rep. Nikema Williams (D-Ga.) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) have offered...
A ‘Black Day’ in Israel
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIsraeli soldiers in an armoured personnel carrier head towards the southern border with the Gaza Strip on October 8, 2023 in Sderot, Israel. (Footage by...