Slavery

CNN explains to viewers why Kanye West is wrong about slavery

Pete Kasperowicz · May 2, 2018 11:49 am

FILE - In this July 26, 2015, file photo, Kanye West performs during the closing ceremony of the Pan Am Games in Toronto. Kanye West, Beck, the Strokes and the Killers are set to perform at the three-day 2016 Governors Ball Music Festival in June.

TMZ staffer blasts Kanye West for saying slavery ‘sounds like a choice’: WATCH

Diana Stancy Correll · May 2, 2018 2:05 am

Harriet Tubman and Kanye West.

Kanye West: ‘I wanted to use Bitcoin when I saw Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill’

Caitlin Yilek · May 1, 2018 5:52 pm

FILE- This April 6, 2018, file photo shows a screen shot of the website Backpage.com in Los Angeles. A 1996 law that shields online services from being liable for what their users do would be weakened by a sex-trafficking bill awaiting President Donald Trumpâs signature. The 1996 provision doesnât bar federal criminal prosecutions. A federal indictment unsealed Monday, April 9, accuses the founders of Backpage and five others of facilitating prostitution by running ads for sexual services and hiding their revenues.

The beginning of the end for the online American slave trade

Rep Ann Wagner and Rep. Mimi Walters · April 23, 2018 4:00 am

The University of Pennsylvania has created a research committee after student research uncovered substantial ties between the Ivy League's early trustees and slave trading.

Red Alert Politics

University of Pennsylvania creates group to research its own ties to slavery after shocking findings

Isaiah Denby · February 22, 2018 2:53 pm

"Through President Trump's immigration priorities, we will secure our borders, enforce laws within our country, and create an immigration system that protects the American people. By empowering law enforcement officers to do their jobs and providing them with the resources they need, we can more effectively combat human trafficking," Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen said in a statement. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Kirstjen Nielsen: Trump’s approach to immigration is making bigger impact in US fight against human trafficking

Anna Giaritelli · January 11, 2018 4:23 pm

"Human trafficking is a modern form of the oldest and most barbaric type of exploitation," the White House said in a statement. "It has no place in our world." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump declares January ‘National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month’

Sarah Bedford · December 29, 2017 8:45 pm

Bannon was nearly successful in dragging Moore to the finish line. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Beltway Confidential

So long, Roy Moore. Take Steve Bannon with you.

Siraj Hashmi · December 13, 2017 3:28 pm

As black leaders look back on his legacy, instead of reminiscing on Rep. John Conyers' civil rights work, they should look objectively at his track record and the damage his reputation has done on a national scale. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Beltway Confidential

Don’t shed any tears for John Conyers

Patrice Onwuka · December 5, 2017 7:02 pm

The student of the University of Virginia students hosted an event where more than 75 student would sleep where slaves once did. The overnight event took place after a formal discussion at the University's Pavilion Garden IX, which was once used as a vicinity for slave labor and living. (Karen Blaha, via Wikipedia)

Red Alert Politics

Students sleep at historical slave grounds

Isaiah Denby · November 13, 2017 4:40 pm

"I think it is disgusting and absurd to suggest that anyone inside of this building would support slavery," Sanders told reporters. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Sarah Sanders: ‘Disgusting’ to suggest anyone in the White House supports slavery

Melissa Quinn · November 1, 2017 8:10 pm

"We need to stop relitigating and referencing the Civil War as if there was some moral conundrum." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Tim Scott on John Kelly’s Civil War comments: ‘There was no compromise to make’

Melissa Quinn · November 1, 2017 5:58 pm