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Senator Tim Scott slams fellow GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis for supporting new teaching standards suggesting Black people benefitted from slavery

U_S_ Sen_ Tim Scott is criticizing fellow Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis for supporting standards requiring teachers to instruct middle school students that slaves developed skills that “could be applied for their personal benefit.”

A losing Republican campaign finds a winning issue: whitewashing the enslavement of Black Americans

Some of the companies that formed what is now Citigroup likely benefitted financially from slavery in the 1800’s, the financial giant acknowledged Thursday, an admission that comes at a time when numerous institutions are re-examining their historic roots and the roles they played in slavery in the U.S. In research…

Groundbreaking data counts 1.3m quilombola, historically excluded population whose communities were founded by fugitive enslaved people

Civil rights activists cheered when Ron DeSantis pardoned four Black men wrongfully convicted of rape as one of his first actions as Florida’s new governor

His tactics have a singular goal – erase the horrors of America’s racist past, and create easier pathways for racism to thrive

The seven newly-advertised roles – now open for applications – form part of the Guardian’s long-term programme of restorative justice following the publication of the Scott Trust’s legacies of enslavement report in March

Anti-slavery charity Unseen says 2022 was their helpline’s ‘busiest year ever’

Victims have been described as extremely vulnerable.

Modern slavery is back in the spotlight, after fresh media reports of migrants allegedly being brought to Australia as students but being forced to work long hours under harsh conditions with minimal pay.