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Lawsuit says prison labor system in Alabama amounts to 'modern-day form of slavery'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCurrent and former prisoners are suing Alabama, fast food franchisees and other beneficiaries of the state's prison labor system they say is a “modern-day form of slavery” where incarcerated ...
What is Juneteenth and why is it a holiday?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCelebrated annually on 19 June across the US, Juneteenth commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas and the nation’s “second”...
Sheriffs hold a lot of power in counties across America. What are their political views?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOver the last decade, debates about police violence, mass incarceration and other criminal justice...
Opinion: This is the Black history that Florida’s guidelines distort
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFlorida’s Board of Education standards for teaching Black history are an erasure that reinforce a...
NPR's Eric Deggans: Bigotry and racism are your issues, too
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 16—Are you a racist — without realizing ? You might be surprised, Eric Deggans said, Monday morning at WVU's Mountainlair. Even if you inherently aren't — or think you aren't — you still ...