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Trump team removes slavery display from George Washington’s Philadelphia home

Exhibition at President’s House, where the Founding Father’s family lived with nine slaves from 1790 to 1797, replaced after court battle by new installation that historians say whitewashes the subject

The Independent UK

‘A first step to fascism’: critics denounce Trump administration replacing slavery exhibit at George Washington’s home

Replacement of panels with version that’s sympathetic to enslavers comes amid effort by Trump to dismantle diversity initiatives

The Guardian - US

Australian companies to face fines and criminal action if they fail to prevent modern slavery

Large companies with annual revenue over A$100 million could soon pay fines and face criminal charges for failing to prevent modern slavery, under a new federal government crackdown.

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New anti-slavery laws raise 'red tape' concerns

Business groups are worried new measures proposed to push large companies to keep slavery out of their supply chains wont work and will add red tape.

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Trump administration replaces slavery exhibit at George Washington’s Philadelphia home

The exhibit was installed where the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776

The Independent UK

Caribbean leaders press for slavery reparations, end of islands' territorial status

A group of Caribbean leaders has met with senior clergy from the Church of England as the push for slavery reparations intensifies

The Independent UK

When a congressman beat a senator unconscious, America confronted the limits of free speech

On May 22, 1856, Preston Brooks strode into the United States Senate chamber and beat Sen. Charles Sumner unconscious with a cane. Brooks, a South Carolina congressman, was retaliating for a speech Sumner had given condemning slavery and personally insulting a relative of Brooks.

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3 Stoic Practices From Epictetus That Help You Stop Reacting and Start Responding

The Slave Who Taught Rome How to ThinkEpictetus did not write his philosophy down. His student Arrian recorded his lectures, and what survived, the Discourses and the Enchiridion, is arguably the most practical stoic manual ever produced. Epictetus was born into slavery in Hierapolis, likely in 50 CE, and spent…

Times Life

‘Women were currency’: How reparatory justice is spotlighting gender-based violence

In this month’s newsletter: placing Black women and girls at the forefront, celebrating the Manchester experience and preserving Gullah Geechee land

The Guardian - UK

On This Day in History, July 4: Declaration of Independence proclaimed, Battle of Hattin, Statue of Liberty presented, Philippines gains independence, Higgs boson discovery and more

On This Day in History, July 4, the United States proclaimed the Declaration of Independence, while other landmark events included the Battle of Hattin, the announcement of the Louisiana Purchase, France presenting the Statue of Liberty, Philippine independence, the signing of the Freedom of Information Act, the death of Swami…

The Economic Times

Trump Scores Court Win to Keep Slavery and Climate Change Exhibits Out of US National Parks

A federal appeals court has paused a ruling requiring the National Park Service to reinstall exhibits on slavery and climate change, handing the Trump administration a temporary victory.

International Business Times UK

It’s America’s 250th birthday. And Black Americans are sitting out the celebrations

The 250th anniversary is arriving among Black communities as a whisper instead of a roar

The Guardian - US

What Stoic Philosophy Teaches About Resilience That Indians Already Know Through Dharma and Wisdom

The Dichotomy of Control, and What the Gita Said FirstEpictetus, a freed Roman slave who became one of the most quoted Stoic thinkers, built his entire teaching on one distinction: some things are in your control, and some are not. Your opinions, your impulses, your desires, yours. Everything else: not…

Times Life

Trump administration can remove history and climate info from US parks, court says

In latest legal twist, appeals panel rules US does not have to reinstate signage on climate, immigration and slavery

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The Guardian - UK

At least 3.3m people were victims of Dutch enslavement, research claims

Figure is more than five times the widely used 600,000 figure cited in apologies by king and politicians

The National (Scotland)

Jamaican government to deliver slavery reparations petition to King Charles

THE Jamaican government will use the anniversary of a slave ship massacre to petition King Charles on reparations from Britain ...

The Guardian - US

‘I wish he had done more to free enslaved people’: Thomas Jefferson’s descendant on his family’s complex legacy

Shannon LaNier, Jefferson’s sixth great-grandson, reflects on his lineage and the role of African Americans in the nation’s founding

The Guardian - UK

Jamaican delegation to travel to UK to lodge formal slavery reparations petition with King Charles

Visit to monarch planned for 6 September and will take Jamaica’s mission for reparatory justice to the ‘next level’

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The Independent UK

Mahmood introduces radical reforms to asylum system including clampdown on modern slavery claims

The home secretary is trying to make it harder for migrants to fight their deportation over links to family in the UK

The Guardian - US

The American myth always came at someone’s expense. Now, it’s all but collapsed

The main pillars of the founding narrative have fallen on hard times. Today, its meaning is up for grabs

The Times of India

UK to open Canada-inspired legal asylum routes; Shabana Mahmood says move will protect ‘genuine refugees’

The UK government is set to introduce a sweeping immigration and asylum bill next week that will open new Canada-inspired legal routes for refugees while tightening rules governing human rights and modern slavery claims.

AAP

Police barricade accused ISIS bride as she's bailed

A woman charged with slavery offences after allegedly joining Islamic State has covered her face as she walked from court on bail.

The Guardian - UK

What is in the Caribbean’s new slavery reparations manifesto?

Caricom Reparations Commission’s Hilary Beckles explains how it will help address the ‘residual legacy of slavery’

Bangkok Post

The flawed case for slavery reparations

At a "high-level United Nations consultative conference" in Ghana earlier this month, African and Caribbean countries called on the countries that benefited from the transatlantic slave trade to make a formal apology and pay reparations to the descendants of the enslaved millions (or at least to the countries that the…

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VIC:Alleged 'ISIS bride' wishes for peaceful life if bailed

An "ISIS bride", charged with slavery offences, has indicated her willingness to accept any bail restrictions so she can return to her family in the community.

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