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Reparations over formerly enslaved people has a long history: 4 essential reads on why the idea remains unresolved

The debate about reparations to descendants of enslaved people rages on.

The Conversation

Founding fathers: Way too woke?

Jefferson, Hamilton and those other guys come with well-known baggage. But compare them to Republicans, please

Salon

Australia's modern slavery law is woefully inadequate – this is how we can hold companies accountable

A highly anticipated independent review of Australia’s Modern Slavery Act has found it has not brought “meaningful change” to the lives of people living in conditions of modern slavery since its passage more than four years ago.

The Conversation

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‘Use surge policing to tackle knife hotspots’, minister says

Policing minister called for more stop and search ‘done respectfully’ to get knives off London’s streets

Evening Standard

G20 countries including India are fuelling modern slavery, says new report

50 million people are living in conditions of modern slavery — a 25% rise over the last five years, says a new report. According to it, the Group of 20 nations are contributing to this increase, as their trade operations and global supply chains allow for human rights abuses.

The Hindu

What really started the American Civil War?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

The Conversation

New Parliament building will be witness to India's growth: Vice-President Dhankhar

Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar on May 28 said the new Parliament building will help create political consensus and serve as a symbol of freedom from the mindset of slavery.

The Hindu

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Google pulls ‘Slavery Simulator’ from app store after backlash from Brazilian gamers

A government investigation has been launched into how the game ended up on Google’s Play Store.

Fortune

Report: 20 of the world's richest economies, including the U.S., fuel forced labor

A report released by human rights organization Walk Free found that the number of people living in modern slavery, including forced marriage and human trafficking, has grown to 50 million since 2018.

WEKU

Nurses union fined $350,000 for West Australian strike; Rex Patrick loses FOI challenge – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

‘A crime of hatred’: disgust over Brazilian mobile phone slavery game

Game in which users were able to buy and sell enslaved people, removed from Google Play store on Wednesday, elicits horror

The Guardian - US

Melbourne Couple Face 25 Years In Jail After Allegedly Keeping A Slave In Their Point Cook Home

The Australian Federal Police received a tip-off from a health worker.

Pedestrian.tv

Melbourne couple face court after being arrested for allegedly keeping slave in their Point Cook home

It is alleged Chee Kit Chong and wife Angie Yeh Ling Liaw exercised coercive control over the woman, limited her movements and physically assaulted her at their home in Melbourne's south-west for 10 months in 2022.

ABC News

122,000 modern slavery victims in UK, says human rights organisation

The UK is ranked at number 145 worldwide, out of a total of 160 countries, for prevalence of modern slavery.

The Independent UK

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Forrest group Walk Free warns of slavery threat in Australia's solar panel supply chains

Australia imports more than $25 billion in goods that may have used modern slavery, and for the first time solar panels are one of the most valuable, according to a human rights group funded by Andrew Forrest.

The Independent UK

Records of French slaves inscribed on U.N. world heritage register

Several hundred documents and items giving the details of victims of slavery in France’s colonial empire is being added to UNESCO’s “Memory of the World” register

The New Daily

More than 40,000 people trapped in modern slavery in Australia

Moe Turaga never expected to end up enslaved in a rural Australian town when he left Fiji as a teenage boy to earn a living for his family.

AAP

More than 40,000 modern slaves trapped in Australia

At least 50 million people are trapped as modern slaves in exploitative work or marriage conditions across the world, with about 40,000 in Australia alone.

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Radio France Internationale

Why descendants of France’s slaves are still fighting for their memory

On 23 May, France marks a national day for the victims of colonial slavery. Descendants of people enslaved by the French empire fought to establish the event 25 years ago, and today they’re still fighting for a national memorial in their ancestors’ honour.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Newsom and California lawmakers need to say where they stand on reparations for slavery

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature will soon receive a sweeping set of recommended reparations for African Americans whose ancestors suffered economically from slavery and racial discrimination. Then what?

The Guardian - UK

UK crime agency to pursue up to 100 lawyers accused of helping traffickers

Exclusive: Solicitors believed to be assisting criminal gangs who abuse modern slavery laws to gain asylum

The Guardian - UK

Let’s teach children about slavery properly by connecting it to our present

When treated purely as historical fact, the slave trade can be dismissed as an evil of the past – the reality is very different says English teacher and writer Lola Okolosie

WEKU

Rep. Cori Bush introduces bill on reparations for Black Americans

The bill, Reparations NOW, calls for $14 trillion to Black Americans as compensation for slavery and Jim Crow.

The Conversation

Symbols of the Confederacy are slowly coming down from US military bases: 3 essential reads

Without much fanfare, a federal panel is removing the names of Confederate generals from U.S. military bases and replacing them with names that exemplify modern-day values and patriotism.

The Independent UK

Black Californians hope state reparations don't become another broken promise

California’s first-in-the-nation Black reparations task force is nearing the end of its historic work with a hefty list of recommendations for lawmakers to consider turning into action

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