Slavery Abolition

Any developers bidding to construct solar plants with more than 300 MW of generation capacity in the latest round of the UK’s clean power auction program will have to draw up a supply chain plan showing how they will address matters ranging from skills gaps to new technology to modern…

The vice president said the decision fit a pattern in U.S. history of ‘government trying to claim ownership over human bodies.’...Read More

SAN FRANCISCO -- Fifteen Black former or current employees at Tesla Inc. filed a lawsuit against the electric vehicle maker on Thursday, alleging they were subjected to racial abuse and harassment at its factories. The workers said they were subjected to offensive racist comments and behavior by colleagues, managers and…

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR APP OF THE YEAR World 1 Jul, 2022 03:49 AM2 minutes to read Opal Lee, a former teacher and counsellor, made her famous trek from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington DC to push lawmakers to make a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery. Photo /…

A group of Texas educators are facing backlash on social media after proposing that the term "involuntary relocation" be used in second grade classrooms when referring to slavery. During a Texas State Board of Education meeting earlier this month, a group of nine educators suggested the vocabulary change before being…

AUSTIN, Texas — Public schools in Texas would describe slavery to second graders as "involuntary relocation" under new social studies standards proposed to the state’s education board. A group of nine educators submitted the idea to the State Board of Education as part of Texas’ efforts to develop new social…

Topline Texas educators proposed the Texas State Board of Educators teach slavery as “involuntary relocation” in second-grade classrooms – the latest attempt from Republican lawmakers to downplay the horrors of slavery and create curriculum seen as more patriotic. Texas educators proposed the Texas State Board of Educators teach slavery as…

Canada needs migrants to help meet the demand of the labour market. Filipinos are migrating to Canada to meet that demand, but are faced with exploitation through the Temporary Foreign Workers Program. Evangeline Cayanan and her daughter McKenna Rose. Credit: Migrante Alberta June is Filipino Heritage Month, and for the…

Thursday 30 June 2022 5:30 am A CCTV camera is seen in the King’s Cross area. (Photo credit should read TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images)  In the West Midlands, police developed an algorithm to identify suspected perpetrators of modern slavery in minutes, a process which normally takes weeks or even months, according…

The debate over abortion is plagued by euphemisms that favor the anti-abortion movement.  The most obvious example of this is the term “pro-life,” the nonsensical term anti-abortion activists have adopted to sanitize their stance against bodily autonomy. But today, with abortion rights being rescinded across the country, it’s more important…