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Question 4 asks voters to remove slavery as a form of punishment from Nevada’s constitution
Fox 5 Vegas | October 21, 2024
Voters consider ban on forced labor aimed at protecting prisoners
ABC News | October 15, 2024
Thousands of Californians are forced to work while incarcerated. That could change this November
AfroLA News | September 19, 2024
California Prop 6 Campaign Aims to End Forced Labor in State Prisons
Davis Vanguard | September 8, 2024
Question 4 asks voters to remove slavery, involuntary servitude as punishment from NV constitution
Nevada Current | September 3, 2024
California Proposition 6 Campaign Launches to End Forced Labor in Prisons
EIN Presswire | September 3, 2024
California Voters Guide 2024: Proposition 6
Cal Matters | August 18, 2024
California, Nevada among U.S. states moving to ban ‘slavery’ in prisons
Context | August 7, 2024
The Last American Antislavery Campaign
Bloomberg | July 30, 2024
Kamala Harris’ ‘Top Cop’ Legacy Is Complicated
Capital B News | July 26, 2024
Your guide to Proposition 6: Ending forced prison labor
LA Times | July 8, 2024
Introducing the 2024 California ballot propositions. Here’s what they would do.
The Sacramento Bee | July 5, 2024

Badges & incidents - slavery in practice

Texas’ Plantation Prisons: Inside a 200-year history of forced labor shrouded in secrecy
Texas Observer | July 15, 2024
Press Release: Powerful Evidence of Involuntary Labor in Colorado’s Prisons Comes to Light in Plaintiffs’ Request for Class Certification
Towards Justice | July 11, 2024
Even In Progressive States Like New York, And Even Today, Slavery Is Stylish
NewsOne | July 4, 2024
Judge Orders Changes to Louisiana Prison Labor Program Likened to ’19th Century Slavery’
The Appeal | July 3, 2024
Mississippi’s Lifetime Felony Voting Ban Unconstitutional, Appeals Court Rules
Mississippi Free Press | August 4, 2023
Ferguson, Missouri, Agrees to Pay $4.5 Million to Settle ‘Debtors’ Prison’ Lawsuit
Associated Press | February 27, 2024
U.N. report calls U.S. prison labor system “contemporary slavery”
Freedom United | October 4, 2023
Lifetime felony voting bans are cruel and unusual punishment
Reuters | August 10, 2023
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Spotlighting Organizers, May 2023
Lead Organizer Savannah Eldrige & Abolish Slavery Virginia Organizer Amber Phelps talk about what got them into this work.
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National Coalition Launches to Abolish Constitutional Slavery and Involuntary Servitude in America
The Abolish Slavery National Network (ASNN) today announced the launch of a nationwide effort to remove exceptions for slavery and involuntary servitude...
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How Colorado became the first state to abolish slavery AND involuntary servitude
When Colorado became the first state in the union to abolish slavery from its constitution last people were shocked it hadn’t been done sooner. Many weren’t even aware that slavery was still legal.
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Max Parthas, Co-Director of State Operations

Max Parthas is an internationally recognized Spoken Word Artist and American Slavery Abolitionist. In addition to numerous awards for his art, he is the recipient of the Missouri CURE Marc Taylor Activism Award, the Will Bell Humanitarian Award, and the “In The Spirit of Malcom X'' award from MX Media. 

Max is the current Acting Director for the Paul Cuffee Abolitionist Center in Sumpter, SC., Co-Director of State Operations for the Abolish Slavery National Network. Abolishslavery.us. and Co-host/Executive producer of Abolition Today (a unique online modern- slavery abolition episodic master class with an international audience.) abolitiontoday.org