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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?

The Guardian - UK

Japanese Americans won redress, fight for Black reparations

Japanese American activists in their 70s and 80s are fighting for Black reparations as more U.S. cities take up atonement for slavery and discrimination

The Independent UK

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Vote to rid Nev. constitution of slavery moves to '24 ballot

Nevada voters will decide whether to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude as a form of criminal punishment from the state constitution on the 2024 ballot, part of a growing push among some states to scrub outdated, century-old language

The Independent UK

'Abolition Shed' plan to tackle Bristol's slavery history unveiled for historic empty building

The building is currently up for sale

Bristol Post

DeSantis boycotts NBC over question

NBC's Andrea Mitchell said she was "imprecise" in saying DeSantis thinks "slavery should not be taught" in schools

Salon

Ron DeSantis won’t speak to MSNBC and NBC until reporter apologises for question about book bans

Comes after Mitchell asked Kamala Harris about the Florida governor’s policies on teaching Black history

The Independent UK

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Suella Braverman’s claims modern slavery victims ‘gaming’ system questioned by Home Office’s own stats

Official figures question prime minister and home secretary’s claims migrants are ‘gaming the system’

The Independent UK

Kennedy-King College gets African American cookbooks

The great-great granddaughter of a man who bought 15 family members out of slavery donated more than 1,700 cookbooks to Kennedy-King College.

Chicago Sun-Times

UK’s modern slavery programme at ‘breaking point’ as demand from victims soars

Suspected modern slavery victims are waiting almost a year and a half on average to get a Home Office decision

The Independent UK

The Lincoln Miracle review: how Republicans chose their great redeemer

As the Republican Party marches right, Edward Achorn’s second book on the 16th president makes instructive reading

The Guardian - US

California lawmakers denied an anti-slavery bill last year but they are trying again

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers will once again introduce legislation that could ban imposing forced labor on inmates. This effort to amend state’s Constitution was rejected last year when lawmakers failed to pass it through the Assembly.

Tribune News Service

California and Nevada may ban slavery, forced prison labor

California and Nevada could ban involuntary servitude as lawmakers move toward potential ballot measurers that would remove all forms of slavery from their state constitutions

The Independent UK

Bill outlawing slavery in Nevada constitution sent to Assembly vote

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Lawmakers in the Nevada Assembly will soon be asked to consider a bill that would create a ballot question asking voters whether to remove language related to slavery from the state constitution after a committee approved the bill Tuesday night.

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Bristol Post

Bristol eyesore bombed out church finally up for sale

It'll cost £550,000 and a lot more to bring back to life

Miami Herald

Call it ‘slavery.’ Call it ‘forced labor.’ A Florida man did it to people who pick melons

MIAMI — If you bought melons sold at Kroger, Schnucks, Walmart, its big box club offspring, Sam’s Club or other chains, they might’ve been harvested or packed by H-2A visa workers provided by Los Villatoros Harvesting, a Bartow company run by Bladimir Moreno. If they were, that fruit reached your…

Zenger

America’s Oldest Black School From 1760s Virginia Moves To Colonial Williamsburg

Christian reformers taught free and enslaved black children to read before the American Revolution in Virginia’s then-capital.

The Guardian - UK

Modern slavery survivors could be retrafficked in UK, charities warn

Salvation Army and other groups say without more resources potential victims could slip through the net

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Cambodian independent media outlet VOD shut down by Prime Minister Hun Sen ahead of election

VOD was one of the few independent news websites left in Cambodia. The latest move echoes steps the government took ahead of the last election to shut down news outlets and curtail press freedom.

The Independent UK

Swing Low Sweet Chariot meaning and lyrics: Is the England rugby song linked to slavery?

England rugby’s official anthem holds very different connotations either side of the Atlantic that has triggered a review into its use by the Rugby Football Union

The Guardian - UK

We whose ancestors owned slaves want to make amends – but nations must also pay their due

My family owned plantations, but how my generation atones can only ever be a start, says author and campaigner Alex Renton

The Guardian - UK

Children fleeing danger in small boats should be deported, says Tory thinktank

Policy Exchange paper envisages sidestepping Human Rights and Modern Slavery acts to eliminate legal challenges

AAP

Minister's call to arms to crack down on modern slavery

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says tougher legislation is needed to help reduce the impact of modern slavery across the South Pacific region.

Reason

Another Judge on the Acela Corridor Takes The Thirteenth Amendment Seriously

Judge Matey's concurrence sketches out the original meaning of "involuntary servitude."

The Independent UK

Sir Mo Farah ‘honoured’ to be Patron of leading modern slavery research centre

The four-time Olympic champion revealed last year how he was brought into the UK illegally under the name of another child

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