California reparations payouts on hold, but state moves toward apology for slavery
Although the California Senate put on hold plans to provide reparations to the state’s citizens, Congress voted to formally apologize for the state’s role in slavery. California’s House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to send to the Senate, acknowledging responsibility for “all the harms and atrocities committed by the state.” Los Angeles Times […]
5 years before ‘true slavery’ as AI gets alarmingly smarter
The future is here, and not in a good way. Stu witnessed it on a recent trip to Los Angeles, where he recalled autonomous robots making deliveries all over the city. “We have robots and robotic vehicles that look like something out of Star Wars,” he explains. “They’re just driving across town.” That’s bad enough, […]
Experts Tell Congress Auditing for Slavery in Chinese Factories Impossible
Experts, including one of the world’s top researchers on the Uyghur genocide and a senior Labor Department official, told Congress this week that there should be no legal audit to examine slavery and other forced labor in China, particularly in the occupied Uyghur region. stated that it had not been carried out. “impossible.” The experts […]
Portugal rejects proposal to pay reparations for slavery after comments from president | Portugal
The Portuguese government says it is refusing to start a process to pay reparations for transatlantic slavery and atrocities committed during the colonial era, contrary to previous comments by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. Between the 15th and 19th centuries, six million Africans were abducted, forcibly transported across the Atlantic on Portuguese ships, and sold […]
Man Vowing to ‘Avenge Palestine’ Kidnaps Jewish Woman, Threatens Her with Sex Slavery
A Jewish woman was reportedly kidnapped, raped, given death threats and sex trafficked by a man seeking “revenge against Palestine.” On Sunday, police arrested a 32-year-old man (whose name has not yet been released) in the Genevilliers commune on the northwest outskirts of Paris on suspicion of kidnapping, rape and “threat to kill on religious […]
Guardian wins award for exposé of founders’ links to transatlantic slavery | The Guardian
The Guardian exposed the founder’s links to transatlantic slavery, won one of its reporters the news reporter of the year award and won the diversity award at the prestigious Press Awards. Press Awards judges called the Guardian’s cross-platform Cotton Capital series, which includes news articles, long-form essays, podcasts, videos, magazines, a 15-part newsletter and social […]
Republicans Want to ‘Bring Slavery Back’
Whoopi Goldberg told her co-hosts on ABC’s “The View” on Wednesday that some Republican politicians during a panel discussion about the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision reinstating the 1864 abortion ban. said he wanted to “reinstate slavery.” Co-host Alyssa Farrar-Griffin said, “I think a lot of elected Republicans are completely out of touch with the sentiment […]
Democrat suggests black people shouldn’t have to pay taxes for a bit — but adds tax exemption still may not redress slavery
A Democrat serving his second term in the U.S. House of Representatives recently said: temporarily exempt black people from paying taxes That’s not necessarily a bad idea. However, in considering this idea, many black people “don’t actually pay taxes,” and such tax exemptions are a sign of the centuries-old horrors of slavery and the way […]
U.N. Chief Demands Slavery Reparations After ‘Generations of Discrimination’
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said reparations would be paid to compensate for the transatlantic slave trade as a way to address “its legacies” in today’s society, including “systemic racism and white supremacy.” I declared that there was. In a statement commemorating the United Nations’ International Day of Remembrance for Victims of Slavery, the Portuguese socialist […]
Boston Christian Leaders Call on ‘White Churches’ to Pay Millions in Slavery Reparations
Christian leaders in Boston, Massachusetts, are calling on the “white church” to pay millions of dollars in reparations to black people to correct the history of slavery. Pastor Kevin Peterson said, “With hearts filled with faith and Christian love, we ask that our white churches join us and not be silent on this issue of […]