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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...
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...
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...
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
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 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...