Gathered on a sunny morning in Los Angeles on Wednesday, a coalition of criminal justice reform advocates urged voters to ...

Many voters might not know that American tipping has ties to chattel slavery, as it was used by employers to cut back on ...

A British heritage organisation has launched a project to tell the forgotten story of 19th century Black American ...

Williamsburg, Va. — A Virginia museum has nearly finished restoring the nation's oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black ...

Mumia Abu Jamal is one of the world’s best-known political prisoners.  Convicted in 1982 of murdering a Philadelphia police ...

As well as the main questions on the ballot next Tuesday, voters in several states will be asked to vote on a range of down-ballot measures.

California and Nevada voters face decisions on amendments that would eliminate exceptions allowing slavery and involuntary ...

California and Nevada voters are weighing whether to repeal legal loopholes in their state constitutions that allow slavery ...

Commonwealth countries want talks on slavery reparations but the United Kingdom -- engaged in soul-searching over its former ...

Commonwealth leaders, ending a week-long summit in Samoa, said on Saturday the time had come for a discussion on whether ...

Proposition 6 would close a loophole allowing involuntary servitude in prison. Its backers face an uphill battle in ...

Dozens of former British colonies are challenging their old colonial rulers to make amends for slavery and other injustices suffered under the British Empire. The idea of reparations was floated at ...