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Inside the Fight to Close The Infamous 'Slavery Loophole'
The Root via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIn school, children are taught that the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States. But...
Four states voted to end slavery as a form of criminal punishment. Here’s why Louisiana voters...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA renewed abolitionist movement closed 13th Amendment ‘loopholes’ that allow slavery as punishment...
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...
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...
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...
Ohio Constitution allows slavery as a penalty for crime. Lawmakers want to change that
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 11 months agoNearly sixty years after the last state in the nation abolished slavery, Ohio's Constitution still...
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...
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...
Abortion, slavery and marijuana: Here are the ballot questions to watch in 2022 midterms
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoForget waiting for Congress or state legislatures to act. This year’s midterm elections are offering...