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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...
Four States Banned Slavery on Tuesday. One Voted to Keep It … Sort Of
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSlavery was on the ballot in five states on Tuesday, with four of them — Alabama, Tennessee,...
How voters can abolish slavery forever in Tennessee this November | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAccording to the Tennessee Constitution, slavery is legal in Tennessee. On Aug. 8, 1863, in...
Prison reform is on the midterm ballot
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPrison labor. Illustrated | REUTERS, Getty Images The U.S. abolished slavery and involuntary servitude over 150 years ago. Still, a loophole in the...
Greyhound amendment ended Florida dog racing. Five years later, some unfinished business.
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoFive years later, greyhound racing in Florida is indeed finished, the last dogs used for...
Texas election results: Which constitutional amendments passed and what does that mean now?
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTexas voters passed 13 of the 14 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution except Proposition...
What Year Is It? Five States have Slavery on the Ballot
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDuring the November midterm elections, Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont will have...
Morris County seventh-grader's 19th Amendment essay takes third place in national contest
Daily Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWHARTON — An Alfred C. MacKinnon Middle School student is one of nine in the country to be...
Lawmakers Use Juneteenth As A Platform To Close the Constitution's Slavery loophole
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCongressional leaders like Rep. Nikema Williams (D-Ga.) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) utilized the...
Anti-abortion laws constitute involuntary servitude that violates 13th Amendment | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 11 months agoOpEd: When government restricts abortion, at any stage of pregnancy, government in effect seizes...
