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California Legislature OKs ‘End Slavery’ Act Thursday, Voters Will Vote on It in November
The Davis Vanguard | June 28, 2024
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Californians will decide — in 2024 — whether to ban slavery. What will the measure do?
CalMatters | June 27, 2024
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California Voters to Weigh Proposal to Ban Forced Prison Labor in State Constitution
US News | June 27, 2024
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Californians will vote on slavery ban in November
Politico | June 27, 2024
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Opinion: End Legal Slavery in the United States
New York Times | June 19, 2024
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California reignites efforts to end forced labor in prisons
San Francisco Chronicle | June 12, 2024
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‘End Slavery in California Act’ clears key hurdle
ABC 10 | June 11, 2024
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Inmates challenge motion to dismiss in Alabama forced labor federal lawsuit
Alabama Reflector | June 10, 2024
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State senate approves constitutional amendment banning involuntary servitude — except for prisoners
Concord Monitor | May 15, 2024
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Abolish Slavery National Network Uses Emancipation Day as Platform to Urge Total Abolition of Slavery in the United States
Davis Vanguard | April 19, 2024
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Marcus Kelley: There Should Be No Exception to the Promise
Riverwise Detroit | April 15, 2024
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Bill outlawing slavery gets senate hearing
Manchester Ink Link | March 29, 2024
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Badges & incidents - slavery in practice

Alabama’s prison labor program amounts to “modern day slavery,” lawsuit claims
CBS News | December 13, 2023
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Juneteenth Is Incomplete While Slavery Persists in Prisons
Vera Institute | June 15, 2023
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How a 13th Amendment Loophole Created America’s Carceral State
The Crime Report | June 3, 2019
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Amendment A – Abolish Slavery Colorado, 2018
It is more than a symbolic measure, because it closes the door on the possibility of future abuses, and it also sends a positive message in a time of great division in our nation.
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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