Slavery Abolition

commentary A rival Advanced Placement curriculum is offering a dangerous view of the Constitution and America's founders Published May 14, 2026 6:45AM (EDT) Florida's new high school history course presents the nation's founders as opposed to slavery (Getty Images) Florida has long been a laboratory for autocracy . Several of the…

Michael Che is roasting the “Roast of Kevin Hart.” The comedian and “Saturday Night Live” star was originally slated to perform at the live Netflix event on Sunday, two sources involved in the production tell Variety, but he ended up pulling out due to scheduling difficulties with “SNL.” (Che was…

Britain’s “first gay dads,” have been charged with rape and multiple other offenses. 57-year-old Barrie Drewitt-Barlow and 32-year-old Scott Hutchison have been charged with rape, sexual assault, and modern slavery trafficking for sexual exploitation. The two appeared in Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Friday. Essex police raided the pair’s Danbury home…

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Australian Federal Police have charged two women with slavery-related offenses following their return to the country after spending over seven years in a Syrian refugee camp.  The women, aged 53 and 31, were arrested at Melbourne Airport on Thursday and face crimes against humanity charges, specifically for allegedly owning and…

A Green Party candidate in London, UK, who has publicly backed slavery reparations from Britain, is reportedly descended from a Nigerian royal family with documented ties to the slave trade. Antoinette Fernandez, who is running as a councillor for Lea Bridge in Hackney, east London, has called for the UK…

SAO PAULO (AP) — Labor prosecutors in Brazil filed a lawsuit Wednesday against meatpacking giant JBS, accusing the company of buying cattle from farms where workers were held in slavery-like conditions. The civil action suit before a labor court in the northern Brazilian state of Para seeks nearly 119 million reais (about…

Brazil's labor prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against meatpacking giant JBS, accusing it of buying cattle from farms where workers were held in slavery-like conditions By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO -- Labor prosecutors in Brazil filed a lawsuit Wednesday against meatpacking giant JBS, accusing the company of…

Police in the United Kingdom carried out a large-scale operation on Wednesday targeting the headquarters of a religious sect in Crewe, leading to multiple arrests tied to allegations of sexual offenses, forced marriage, and slavery. More than 500 officers from forces across northwest England took part in the raid at…

Retired personnel of the Nigeria Police Force on Monday staged a protest in Abuja, demanding their removal from the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) and integration into the Nigerian Police Pension Board. The demonstration took place at one of the entry gates to the Presidential Villa, as the retirees called on…