Over 150 years after slaves were freed in the United States, four states voted Tuesday to remove language that permits forced prison labor from their state constitutions. While the 13th Amendment ...

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 ...

Tarps set up by people illegally mining for gold dot the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous reserve in Roraima state, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. (Credit: Andre Penner/AP.) SÃO PAULO – Authorities in ...

Aristotle's defense of "natural slavery" shows how it rationalized ancient hierarchies, defined societies, and influenced ...

“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their ...

But those 2,500 12-megawatt 800-foot-tall turbines would provide barely enough electricity to power New York state on a hot summer day, if the wind is blowing, and before its Net Zero mandates kick in ...

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 ...

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 ...

The states are asking voters whether to amend constitutions that have exceptions to slavery bans. Some hope that the changes could allow prisoners to challenge the practice of being forced into labor ...

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 ...