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Mac Engel: Eddie Lampkin, and people who compare NFL combine to slavery, need a history lesson

FORT WORTH, Texas — This week, Jerry Jones defended the NFL’s combine against comparisons to slavery, TCU center Eddie Lampkin’s mom made allegations that TCU coach Jamie Dixon talks like a racist, and former Dallas Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin compared his situation to lynching.

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Tory anti-strike bill 'sounds like slavery', Green peer says

THE Tories' proposed anti-strike laws "sound like slavery" as it forces people to work against their will, a Green Party peer has said.

The National (Scotland)

UK anti-slavery post left unfilled by Home Office since April 2022

Role of anti-slavery commissioner vacant at time when cases of suspected trafficking at all-time high

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UK must pay reparation to Caribbean countries for ‘hideous’ slavery, say MPs

Labour MP Clive Lewis likened the UK’s relationship with its former Caribbean colonies to an abusive one.

The Independent UK

Lack of consultation over new migrant Bill shows arrogance, minister told

The Government was accused of ‘rewriting’ refugee and modern slavery laws during a session of the Home Affairs Committee.

The Independent UK

Tories accused of apeing Enoch Powell with bill that would see Sir Mo Farah removed

In a bruising encounter, the PM faced a barrage of questions about his new "far-right appeasing, anti-refugee" immigration laws, which MPs heard would see Olympic legend Sir Mo Farah kicked out of the country

Daily Mirror

Clive Lewis calls for UK to negotiate Caribbean slavery reparations

Labour MP says Rishi Sunak should talk to region’s leaders after Trevelyan family announcements

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UK must pay reparations to ex-Caribbean colonies for 400 years of 'hideous abuse', MPs say

Labour's Clive Lewis urged the government to follow the example of the wealthy Trevelyon family who apologised for their ancestor's exploitation in Grenada by pledging to fund community projects, as MPs warned failure to do so was akin to 'collusion'

Daily Mirror

Review: 'The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley,' by David Waldstreicher

NONFICTION: The times, if not the life, of the first Black American poet.

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A new state agency could implement reparations in California. Here’s what’s proposed

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s Reparations Task Force recently concluded its two-day public meeting geared toward compensating Black Americans affected by the legacy of slavery. But the nine-member body is a long way from the finish line.

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Most of those held after crossing Channel referred as potential slavery victims

Almost all of those who came under the National Referral Mechanism while awaiting return were later released from detention, the Home Office said.

The Independent UK

Words of Negroes review – sorcery trial documentary raises ghosts of slavery

Workers at a sugar factory in Guadeloupe read the records of a trial that followed the death of a slave in 1842, with uncomfortably strong modern-day echoes

The Guardian - UK

‘Slavery wages’ prompt hunger strike at ICE detention facilities

Participants say poor living conditions and wages of $1 a day have pushed them to launch the weeks-long protest.

Al Jazeera

Newly discovered early ‘Gone With the Wind’ movie script reveals a much harsher depiction of slavery

ATLANTA — A recently discovered early script version of the 1939 film “Gone With the Wind” showed a much harsher depiction of slavery than what ultimately made it onscreen.

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The Independent UK

Will Smith makes first awards speech since Oscars slap

Actor accepted an award for the 2022 slavery drama ‘Emancipation’

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of trafficking victims in UK missing after referral to support scheme

Home Office data shows 566 people were categorised as missing between 2020 and 2022

Daily Record

Slavery plaque on Scots memorial could go after plan approved for its removal

The brass plate on the Melville Monument dedicated to Henry Dundas claims he used his influence to delay the abolition of slavery.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh plan to remove Melville Monument slavery plaque approved as family say its 'hurtful'

The decision does not automatically mean the plaque can be removed - as permission needs to be given by those who own the monument.

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Former Atlanta fire chief says God brought slaves to America to save them

ATLANTA — A former Atlanta fire chief, fired eight years ago over his self-published book that likened homosexuality to bestiality, spoke to a group of state government workers Monday for Black History Month. During the meandering speech, Kelvin Cochran said it was God’s plan to bring Africans to America as…

Chicago Sun-Times

Today’s attacks on ‘critical race theory’ aim to perpetuate myth of white supremacy

This movement to suppress history is rooted in the “lost cause,” a false version of history promoted by white Southerners to erase the horrors of slavery and justify legal segregation.

Ballotpedia

Amendment to repeal constitutional language regarding slavery as punishment for a crime certified for the 2024 Nevada ballot

An amendment that would repeal language from the Nevada Constitution regarding slavery as punishment for a crime was certified for the 2024 ballot. Voters in Nevada will decide on the amendment on Nov. 5, 2024.

Evening Standard

What is cuckooing and why do people want it to be criminalised?

Cuckooing involves gangs and criminals taking over vulnerable people’s homes

The Guardian - UK

Dining across the divide US special: ‘We were on the brink of an uncomfortable conversation’

They are both Democrats, but what subjects – from Ukraine to defunding the police – would leave them at odds?

The Guardian - UK

Jess Phillips and Iain Duncan Smith lead calls to criminalise ‘cuckooing’

Practice of taking over people’s homes should be included in an overhaul of the Modern Slavery Act, say MPs

The Guardian - UK

Dining across the divide US special: ‘She tried to educate me on why AR-15s aren’t really military-style weapons’

One is anti-abortion and pro-guns. The other is pro-choice and thinks ‘war tools’ shouldn’t be in the hands of the public. Could they agree to disagree?

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