Although slavery was common, the Cape was not a ‘slave economy’ in the strict sense, as it did not rely solely on slavery for ...

Theresa May has called on businesses to investigate their supply chains for modern slavery and to play their part in ...

Nearly three-fourths of Gen Z consumers are willing to pay more for products that are environmentally sustainable, according to a poll released in 2020. But would Gen Z and the rest of us be willing ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazilian Labor Minister Luiz Marinho is carrying out an unusual final review of an investigation that could blacklist a poultry unit of meatpacker JBS SA for subjecting ...

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 ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) – Lawmakers approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday that strengthens punishments for landowners and others who force people into slave-like working conditions, in which ...

Miles Pollard is an economic policy analyst with the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation. Behind those harmless-looking solar panels harnessing the sun’s power lies a disturbing secret ...

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 ...

A self-proclaimed New Jersey pastor and his wife forced church members into slave labor and sex for nearly a decade — telling them God would punish them if they didn’t submit, federal prosecutors said ...