The Latest Breaking News from Slavery

Dennis Schröder got dealt twice after comparing being traded to ‘modern slavery’

That's not the best way to say it, but Dennis Schroder has a point.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 6, 2025

Crawley Town accused of breaking Modern Slavery Act by former employee

Crawley Town have been accused of breaking the Modern Slavery Act by a former employee

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2025

"They would literally laugh in my face": From Haitian voodoo to slavery, sex and school shootings, Lower is the album Benjamin Booker's old label didn't want him to make

Benjamin Booker is back with a compelling, experimental new album, and enjoying pulling the strings on his own label

Louder · Feb 5, 2025

Rereading Rembrandt: how the slave trade helped establish the golden age of Dutch painting

The so-called golden age of Dutch painting in the 1600s coincided with an economic boom that had a lot to do with the transatlantic slave trade. But how did the slave trade shape the art market in the Netherlands? And how is it reflected in the paintings of the time?

The Conversation · Jan 28, 2025

Harvard Abruptly Sacks Entire Slavery Remembrance Team, Refuses to Say Why

Harvard abruptly laid off its Slavery Remembrance Program staff, who were tasked with identifying direct descendants of people enslaved by Harvard affiliates.

Latin Times · Jan 25, 2025

Aussie-made tax breaks urged to combat forced labour

Tax breaks for local producers could become law if the coalition upholds its opposition to forced labour in global supply chains, an anti-slavery expert says.

AAP · Jan 24, 2025

Lloyd’s Register apologises for its role in trafficking enslaved people from Africa

The maritime group, founded in 1760 by merchants and underwriters, issued the apology after commissioning research into its links to slavery

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2025

Australia exposed to modern slave labour imports and many businesses ‘ignoring the facts’, commissioner warns

The scale of Australia’s trade with blacklisted companies, revealed in Guardian investigation, prompts anger across the Uyghur community

The Guardian - AU · Jan 20, 2025

Brown Brothers Harriman’s slavery links exposed by Liverpool campaign

Liverpool Black History Research Group accused America’s oldest private investment bank of sanitising its history

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025

While Hollywood ignored stories of Black resistance, Cuban filmmakers celebrated Black power

In recent years, there has been an increased push for more diversity and representation on our entertainment screens. The #OscarsSoWhite campaign of 2015 and the enduring social justice movement it generated increased public awareness of the longstanding problematic issues of discrimination and exclusion in Hollywood.

The Conversation · Jan 16, 2025