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Modern slavery on the rise as crises fuel poverty - U.N. report
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGENEVA (Reuters) -The number of people forced into modern forms of slavery has risen by a fifth in...
Theresa May says small boats bill ‘shuts door’ to trafficking victims as Tory backlash builds
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoFormer prime minister Theresa May has criticised Rishi Sunak’s small boats crackdown – warning that...
The 13th Amendment's fatal flaw created modern-day convict slavery
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn this rare photograph taken in 2000, prisoners at the Ferguson Unit in Texas are seen working in...
Small boats plan ‘racist’, says ex-Home Office adviser as Theresa May joins backlash
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoRishi Sunak’s planned crackdown on migrants arriving by small boats is “heartless” and “racist”, a...
Inside Pakistan's brick kilns where millions are trapped in modern-day slavery, working dangerous...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBilawal Bhatti and Maqbool Ahmed In Pakistan, families are forced to make over 1,500 bricks a day to...
Is Canada About to Get Another Forced Labor Law?
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCanada could have a new forced labor law on the books as soon as this summer. The bill, known as S-211, would require most companies operating in the...
Port St Lucie taxes; Indian River book flap, ideology; tip jar woes; new slavery | Letters
TCPalm | Treasure Coast Newspapers via Yahoo News· 8 months agoHere's a tip to deal with questionable jars Over the past 18 months, I have become aware of a...
The Spirit of 1776 or 1619?
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCrystal Lucas-Perry, center, as John Adams in "1776," in which the performers identify as female, transgender and nonbinary, at the American Airlines...
Government compensation for slavery? NJ may lead in answering that question
WPIX New York City, NY via Yahoo News· 5 days agoNEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) — In just over a month, on Juneteenth, a preliminary report will release one of...
Untangling the deep and troubled roots of democracy can help define its future
Salon via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPainting of leaders presenting the Declaration of Independence; African Slave Trade Photo...
