Flashback: Harris compared ICE to KKK, said images of Border Patrol agents ‘evoked slavery’
As a senator and vice president, Harris has courted controversy with the Department of Homeland Security by likening it to the Ku Klux Klan and fueling a since-discredited rumor that Border Patrol agents were whipping migrants on horseback. ICE and the KKK During her confirmation hearing in November 2018, then-Senator Harris asked Ronald Vitiello, President […]
Church of England Scrambles to Defend £1 Billion for Slavery Reparations
Church of England leaders are scrambling to assure believers that a proposed £1 billion fund for slavery reparations will not be funded from parish donations. Last year the Church of England announced it would set up a £100 million fund for slavery reparations, but has since confirmed plans are underway for a much larger £1 […]
On Juneteenth, Alabama’s new National Monument to Freedom dedicated to those who endured slavery
The Equal Justice Initiative, a criminal justice reform nonprofit, has dedicated the National Liberty Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, on June 19, 2024 at the new Liberty Memorial Sculpture Park. The National Liberty Memorial is four stories tall and contains 122,000 surnames chosen by formerly enslaved people who were freed at the end of the Civil […]
The West Didn’t Become Rich Because of Slavery But in Spite of It
The blockbuster film The Woman King has resurrected the myth that slavery furnishes wealth. While irate critics argue that the film downplays the fact that the Dahomey Empire derived its wealth from slavery, however, this observation wrongly conflates political success with human flourishing. The state and individual are two distinct entities, and as such the […]
Fairfax County teacher has kids participate in slavery simulation | FOX 5 DC
A family at Centreville Elementary School told FOX 5’s Jacqueline Matter they are frustrated that their children’s school forced … source
Letting States Decide Abortion Like Letting Them Decide Slavery, Biden Doesn’t Believe in Restrictions
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” broadcast Wednesday, Biden campaign co-chairman Mitch Landrieu said President Joe Biden “believes that American women can make decisions about their reproductive health. Donald Trump wants to give it back to the states, which, by the way, is the same legal argument they used to keep slavery alive for so long.” Landrieu […]
California Assembly Passes Apology for Slavery, Despite Entering Union as ‘Free State’
California’s state legislature voted Thursday to apologize for the state’s role in slavery. However, California entered the Union as a “free state” in 1850. invoice, AB 3089was written by Rep. Reggie Jones Sawyer (D-Los Angeles) and passed as the state Legislature considered various other “reparations” bills. The bill acknowledges that California outlawed slavery, but cites […]
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 […]