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Ahead of Juneteenth, congressional lawmakers again seek to remove exception for slavery from US...
CNN via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA group of Democratic lawmakers has reintroduced a joint resolution to negate a clause in the 13th...
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...
Lawmakers on Juneteenth push for change to 13th Amendment
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMembers of Congress and others, pointing to the Juneteenth holiday, are pushing for the expansion of...
On this date: Congress passes the 13th Amendment
WHTM via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWashington D.C. (WHTM) On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery in the United States,...
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...
Kentucky’s Constitution still allows for slavery. A group of teens is pushing to change it
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWhen Rev. Michael Swartzentruber tells people the Kentucky Constitution still allows slavery as a...
‘Slavery was never abolished. It was simply redefined’: Why ending slavery is on the ballot in five...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAbolitionists are backing changes to state constitutions that could end forced prison labour, the...
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...
Citizens should abolish slavery from Tennessee's constitution once and for all | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDid you know slavery still exists under Tennessee law? When I ask most folks, their first response...
'Long overdue': Oregon voters can prohibit slavery, involuntary servitude in state constitution
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter near unanimous support in the Legislature sent Senate Joint Resolution 10 to the ballot,...