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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...
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,...
Prison reform is on the midterm ballot
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPrison labor. Illustrated | REUTERS, Getty Images The U.S. abolished slavery and involuntary servitude over 150 years ago. Still, a loophole in the...
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...
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...
Arizona Prison System Basically Admits To Practicing Slavery
Blavity via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe American prison system has often been described as a new form of slavery. Now, a prison official...
Voters in 5 states to decide in November whether to abolish forced prison labor
Yahoo News via AOL· 2 years agoFive states — Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont — will vote in the November midterm...
Federal judge suggests abortion may still be protected by 13th Amendment
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA federal judge this week suggested abortion could still be federally protected even after the...