Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Slavery

Four states voted to end slavery as a form of criminal punishment. Here’s why Louisiana voters didn’t

A renewed abolitionist movement closed 13th Amendment ‘loopholes’ that allow slavery as punishment for a crime. But a confusingly worded amendment to Louisiana’s constitution sparked fears that the measure could do the opposite of what it intended, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Voters Approve Anti-Slavery Ballot Measures in 4 States

On Tuesday, voters in Alabama, Tennessee, Vermont, and Oregon approved ballot measures that removed exceptions to anti-slavery laws in their state's constitutions, effectively banning forced prison labor.

Reason

Local Fox station under fire for ‘unreal’ on-air graphic on slavery ban

Social media users were gobsmacked at the jarring Fox post: “I cannot with this graphic”

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Three arrested and knives, axes and machetes seized as police launch modern slavery and drugs crackdown

Police say vulnerable adults were 'being subjected to an horrific campaign of intimidation by an urban street gang'

Manchester Evening News

Slavery rejected in some, not all, states where on ballot

Voters approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime

The Independent UK

King Charles ‘believes Britain’s role in the slave trade should not be hidden’

Charles met artists in Leeds who had taken part in the Worlds Re-imagined Globes project which explains Britain’s role in slavery

Evening Standard

King ‘believes Britain’s role in the slave trade should not be hidden’

Charles met artists in Leeds who had taken part in the Worlds Re-imagined Globes project which explains Britain’s role in slavery.

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Abortion, Pot, Slavery, and More: 34 Ballot Initiatives We're Watching Today

Plus: California's latest faux-trafficking sting, judge suspends New York gun restrictions, and more...

Reason

Editorial: Holding corporations and abusive countries accountable for slave-labor practices

Various prominent U.S. corporations, including Walmart and Intel, might be shying away from principled stances condemning foreign uses of slavery and child labor for the production of cheap consumer goods. An importation rule change proposes to eliminate declarations on imported goods that offer insights into where goods come from and…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

UK rolling back efforts to tackle modern slavery, charity says

Reclassifying modern slavery as immigration issue and rhetoric of ‘abusing the system’ are among concerns levelled at government

The Guardian - UK

More than 50 cases of cuckooing reported in Nottingham

“The statistics regarding modern slavery only represent a fraction of the exploitation that takes place"

Nottingham Post

The ‘exception’: 5 states to vote on vestige of slavery

The 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, with one exception: punishing people convicted of crimes.

Tribune News Service

Dutch government to apologise for role in colonial-era slavery

The Dutch government will apologise later this year for its role in slavery during the nation's colonial past, a member of Prime Minister Mark Rutte's Cabinet said on Friday.

Reuters

50 Million Trapped In Slavery: Why This Canadian Entrepreneur Says Now Is The Time To Advocate For Them

The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates nearly 50 million people are trapped in slavery.

Benzinga

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Cambodia’s modern slavery nightmare: the human trafficking crisis overlooked by authorities

Despite promises by government to eradicate trafficking rings, people are still being sold in Cambodia and forced to run online scams

Daily Record

Playwright visits Perth court where historic slavery case was heard

Perth Sheriff Court got a literary visitor, a playwright, in connection to a historic case heard there 244 years ago that freed a slave brought to work in a Perthshire mansion.

Manchester Evening News

GMP boss eases expectations on demolition of Manchester's notorious Counterfeit Street

But GMP's Chief Contsable Stephen Watson warned of slavery and kids being 'savagely beaten' in the area

Chicago Sun-Times

Abraham Lincoln is a role model for today’s turbulent times

When Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham writes about someone as complex as Lincoln, and a time more divisive than today, there are important lessons to learn.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

Mum reported to police by Ukrainian refugee after asking her to do the dishes

Hannah Debenham, 42, invited the mother and her ten-year-old daughter to live with them in Uckfield, East Sussex, after coming to an arrangement over babysitting - but the refugee called the police

The National (Scotland)

Edinburgh makes formal apology over city's historical slavery links

EDINBURGH City Council has issued a formal apology on behalf of the city for its historical role in slavery and colonialism.

Wales Online

Edinburgh formally apologises for history of slave trade, following 2020 Black Lives Matter report

Next steps include the creation of an independent Legacy Commission which will carry out work with full support from the council.

Manchester Evening News

Up to 20 children are potential victims of modern slavery as investigation underway

Trafford authority publishes 'zero tolerance' statement on human trafficking and exploitation

The Guardian - UK

The Home Office is hindering efforts to tackle modern slavery

Letter: Reclassifying the horrific crime as an illegal immigration issue benefits no one, least of all the victims, says Mary Creagh

The Guardian - UK

Enough of Him review – master and slave square off as Scotland abolishes bondage

May Sumbwanyambe’s drama tells the story of the man who established that slavery was forbidden by Scots law, but this is no easy celebration

Wales Online

2022 could be worst year for modern slavery - with 8,000 victims in first 6 months

The figures come as the British Standards Institute (BSI) launches its new world first national standard to help organisations across the UK eradicate modern slavery

1 … 48 49 50 51

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Nottinghamshire Police

830 stories

Nottingham City Council

Manchester City Council

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.