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Support program to help combat modern-day slavery

More than $12 million in federal funding will go towards a specialised program to help victims of forced marriages in Australia to get help.

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Hidden history of the Monroe Doctrine

Retracing the legacies of racism and colonialism on the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine

Salon

Rice University relocates its founder’s remains after reckoning with his ties to slavery

William “Willy” Rice, the founder of Rice University, will be buried at his family plot after students called for his removal due to his slave-owning past.

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We don't know how many victims of modern slavery are in prison – why that's a problem

Modern slavery affects an estimated 120,000 people in the UK. Under international law, countries must identify and protect survivors, while prosecuting and punishing those who traffic and exploit them.

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Zara Tindall and Princess Eugenie looked incredible in black and gold as they gave a lesson in high-end Christmas party dressing

Zara Tindall and Princess Eugenie looked incredible in black and gold as they attended the Anti Slavery Collective's Inaugural Winter Gala

Woman & Home

Brazil Bank's Ties To Slavery Reopen Wounds, Reparations Debate

In 1853, Viscount Jose Bernardino de Sa, a Brazilian nobleman who made his fortune shipping enslaved Africans to the Americas, became the largest investor in the country's oldest bank, Banco do Brasil.

International Business Times

Australia to get its first anti-slavery commissioner

New laws have been introduced to appoint Australia's first anti-slavery commissioner to tackle issues like sex trafficking and exploitation.

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Glasgow’s Grand Ole Opry votes to ban use of Confederate flag

Country music venue will not display flag due to ‘toxic’ associations with slavery and white supremacy

The Guardian - UK

Lloyds of London archives show how important the City was to transatlantic slavery

In 1783, the City of London was gripped by a court case which symbolised the brutal economics of slavery. Two years previously, the Liverpool slave ship Zong had set out from Accra, in present-day Ghana, with 442 men, women and children crammed in its hold.

The Conversation

Prison staff struggling to spot modern slavery survivors, research finds

Survivors of modern slavery offences are being under-counted and under-supported in prison system, finds study

Evening Standard

Bristol University decides not to rename buildings linked to slavery

Institution will remove Edward Colston’s insignia from its logo and set up £10m racial inequalities fund

The Guardian - UK

Modern slavery survivors ‘imprisoned for crimes they were forced to commit’

Exclusive: One forensic psychologist told researchers the number of modern slavery victims in prison was ‘increasing exponentially’

The Independent UK

The week in audio: Lights Out: Dust; The Bakersfield Three; Heirs of Enslavement – review

Can it be true that Radio 4 is axing the brilliant Lights Out? Elsewhere, Olivia LaVoice joins the dots between three murders in a gripping true crime podcast. Plus, a hit-and-miss look at the legacy of slavery

The Guardian - UK

Colonial past must be in mainstream of UK history, says new English Heritage chief

Nick Merriman says inclusion of difficult stories of slavery and empire is not wokery, but ‘simply good history’

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In America, national parks are more than scenic − they’re sacred. But they were created at a cost to Native Americans

Abraham Lincoln has an almost saintly place in U.S. history: the “Great Emancipator” whose leadership during the Civil War preserved the Union and abolished slavery.

The Guardian - UK

African and Caribbean nations agree move to seek reparations for slavery

African Union and Caricom members establish global reparations fund and call for formal apologies from European nations

The Guardian - US

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ‘vehemently denies’ rape and abuse allegations from Cassie

Kid Cudi corroborates singer Cassie’s account that after they began a relationship, Combs allegedly blew up his car

The Guardian - UK

Sweet and sour: how slavery, fake science and the love of profit got Britain hooked on sugar

Doctors have been warning of the health risks from sugar for almost 400 years. Here’s how we still ended up consuming so much of it

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Labor abuse on fishing vessels widespread, with China topping list of offenders, report says

A new report has identified nearly 500 industrial fishing vessels where workers face hazardous, forced conditions sometimes akin to slavery

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Colorado banned forced prison labor 5 years ago. Prisoners say it's still happening

The U.S. Constitution bans slavery except as punishment for a crime. A growing number of states have tried to address this in their own constitutions, but prisoners say the only change is on paper.

Radio France Internationale

Heroes who fought to abolish slavery honoured in Paris Pantheon expo

The Pantheon memorial in Paris is hosting a double exhibition dedicated to those who played a role in the abolition of slavery. It includes rare archival material and contemporary art – all of which relay the message that the fight for freedom should never be taken for granted.

The Guardian - UK

Big business benefited from slavery – let it pay reparations

Letters: Readers reflect on the business of slavery and who should refund the unpaid wages from which enslavers profited so handsomely

The Guardian - UK

Lloyd’s of London slavery review fails to settle heated question of reparations

Insurance market’s honesty is welcome, as is £12m programme to increase ethnic diversity in workplace, but more must be done

The Hindu

Congress trying to push country towards slavery, says U.P. CM Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath accused Congress of corruption and attempting to push India towards slavery. He praised BJP for upholding the country's self-respect and confidence. He also highlighted the 'double-engine government' of BJP which had lifted Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh from the 'Bimaru' category. Polls for all 230 seats in Madhya…

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A cosmic ocean of shame: Jesmyn Ward's Let Us Descend confronts a history beyond the ken of storytelling

It is worth asking whether there are topics beyond the capacity of the novel. Are there subjects so immense in historical scope and in depths of human suffering that a form engineered to tackle but a bare handful of lives in sufficient detail cannot possibly accommodate them?

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