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How To Fight for Justice in Your State and Community in 2025
Vera Institute | January 7, 2025
Why did Nevada vote to ban slavery, when California didn’t?
High Country News | November 26, 2024
Nevada just banned ‘slavery and involuntary servitude’ in prisons. Why didn’t California?
Los Angeles Times | November 17, 2024
I’m Incarcerated in California. Here’s What Prop 6 Not Passing Means for People Like Me
TIME | November 13, 2024
California voters reject measure that would have banned forced prison labor
AP News | November 11, 2024
Nevada voted to make abortion a constitutional right. What to know about key ballot measures
AP News | November 6, 2024
Prop. 6: ‘No’ votes lead slightly on prison labor intiative in early results copy
Fox 40 News | November 5, 2024
November 5 vote could mark a turning point in ending forced labour in US prisons
Walk Free | November 4, 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
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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.
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...
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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