Slavery Abolition

The California Reparations Task Force sent its landmark report to Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state legislature Thursday, leaving it to elected officials to decide whether taxpayers should pay hundreds of billions of dollars in benefits to Black descendants of slavery. At a final meeting that turned into a reparations…

The American experiment is dedicated to judging individuals on their own merits — not damning them for the evil lurking in their family trees...Read More

WASHINGTON A chiseled block of sandstone in the U.S. Capitol’s visitor center serves as a reminder that the home of the nation’s Congress was built in part by enslaved Black people. A bronze plaque says the stone, originally part of the building’s exterior, “commemorates their important role in building the Capitol.”…

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld ranted against the transgender community Thursday on “The Five,” saying if Democrats continue to push for gender-affirming care for kids, it will lead to a second Civil War. “You’ll just start another war like you did with slavery and you’re going to lose this one…

Key PointsFrontline workers will be equipped to report modern slavery under a new plan in NSW.The plan also calls for the removal of products made through modern slavery labour from NSW government contracts.Advocates are urging other Australian jurisdictions to adopt similar measures. Advocates hope a new plan to combat modern…

Prosecutors in Indonesia have still not charged the majority of men implicated in a slave-labor scandal at a local official’s oil palm plantation.The New York Times reported that only 13 of some 60 men, including military and police officers, remain free despite dozens of victims and witnesses accusing them of…

Americans from coast to coast celebrated Juneteenth this weekend, taking to the streets to commemorate the end of slavery after the Civil War. Black people in the U.S. have observed Juneteenth since the late 1800s. In the summer of 2021, after nationwide protests over systemic racism renewed interest in Juneteenth,…

Americans across the country this weekend celebrated Juneteenth, marking the relatively new national holiday with cookouts, parades and other gatherings as they commemorated the end of slavery after the Civil War. While many have treated the long holiday weekend as a reason for a party, others urged quiet reflection on…

Conservative pundit Candace Owens mocked Juneteenth on Monday, sparking criticism from those celebrating the holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth, which became a federal holiday in 2021, commemorates the day Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to 250,000 African Americans who were still…

Many Americans are celebrating Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of the darkest chapter in US history with joy, in the form of parades, street festivals, musical performances or…