Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over 150 years after slaves were freed in the United States, four states voted Tuesday to remove language that permits forced ...

ADCRC Chair Marvin Slaughter Jr. claims slave labor contributed "7 quadrillion dollars" to the U.S. at a reparations panel at ...

California and Nevada voters face landmark decisions on constitutional amendments that would eliminate exceptions allowing slavery and involuntary servitude in prisons, joining a growing movement to ...

A supervised work crew of female jail prisoners fills sandbags for distribution to local residents in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Titusville Florida in 2019. (Photo by Paul ...

A student in my “History of the Present” class asked me, “Do Californians really believe slavery is okay?” She referred to the defeat of California’s Proposition 6, which aimed to remove the so-called ...

Calls to attenuate the brutality of slavery in museum depictions is absurd when our institutions already downplay one of its most horrific features. Channing Gerard Joseph It’s time that we finally ...

With Starmer under fire, survivors say Labour must deliver long-overdue access to support on mental health and housing ...

Slavery was a central part of Roman society for centuries, shaping the economy, labor system, and daily life throughout the empire. Enslaved people worked in households, farms, mines, workshops, and ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Victims of slave labor in Brazil are less likely to be rescued following a government decree that changes the country's definition of slavery and weakens ...