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California and Nevada could ban involuntary servitude as lawmakers move toward potential ballot measurers that would remove all forms of slavery from their state constitutions

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Lawmakers in the Nevada Assembly will soon be asked to consider a bill that would create a ballot question asking voters whether to remove language related to slavery from the state constitution after a committee approved the bill Tuesday night.

It'll cost £550,000 and a lot more to bring back to life

MIAMI — If you bought melons sold at Kroger, Schnucks, Walmart, its big box club offspring, Sam’s Club or other chains, they might’ve been harvested or packed by H-2A visa workers provided by Los Villatoros Harvesting, a Bartow company run by Bladimir Moreno. If they were, that fruit reached your…

Christian reformers taught free and enslaved black children to read before the American Revolution in Virginia’s then-capital. 

Salvation Army and other groups say without more resources potential victims could slip through the net

VOD was one of the few independent news websites left in Cambodia. The latest move echoes steps the government took ahead of the last election to shut down news outlets and curtail press freedom.

England rugby’s official anthem holds very different connotations either side of the Atlantic that has triggered a review into its use by the Rugby Football Union

My family owned plantations, but how my generation atones can only ever be a start, says author and campaigner Alex Renton

Policy Exchange paper envisages sidestepping Human Rights and Modern Slavery acts to eliminate legal challenges

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says tougher legislation is needed to help reduce the impact of modern slavery across the South Pacific region.