Congress Debuts Bill to Pressure Financial Institutions Not to Fund Chinese Slavery
Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced legislation on Thursday that would require the Treasury Department to use U.S. representatives at international organizations to pressure those organizations not to fund slavery around the world, particularly the Chinese government's genocidal slavery of the Uighur people. The Forced Labor Funding Prohibition Law specifically addresses the […]
Democrat-Controlled New York City May Enact Reparations for Slavery
Democratic-majority New York City may soon enact slavery reparations legislation following a City Council action on Thursday. During the meeting, the council approved a bill to investigate the Big Apple's role in slavery as a way to consider reparations for descendants of enslaved people, Fox 5 reported. Reported on friday. “If enacted, this bill would […]
NYC council passes slavery reparations legislation to ‘yield material solutions’ from US history
Protests erupt in California over shelved compensation bill Janelle King, co-chair of Win for America Action, spoke about the Kamala Harris campaign's efforts to garner endorsements from labor leaders, Democrats' efforts to defend Harris' “change in tone,” and protests in California over a shelved reparations bill. New York City will soon become the largest U.S. […]
‘No American Today Is Responsible’: Leo Terrell Explains Why Reparations For Slavery Are ‘Impossible’
Civil rights lawyer Leo Terrell said during a Fox News appearance Wednesday that reparations for slavery are “unconstitutional” because there is no “direct harm.” Fox News host Harris Faulkner played footage of Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of California speaking about the May 2023 election. suggestion Terrell called for the creation of a “National Commission on […]
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 […]