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‘You’re a slave’: Inside Louisiana’s forced prison labor and a failed overhaul attempt
Washington Post | January 3, 2023
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Slavery, involuntary servitude rejected by 4 states’ voters
AP News | November 9, 2022
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Slavery on the ballot? 5 states vote on 13th Amendment loophole
ABC | November 8, 2022
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How Imprisoned People Forced to Pick Cotton Got ‘Prison Slavery’ Bans on the Ballot
The Appeal | November 7, 2022
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The ‘Exception’: Five US States to Vote on Vestige of Slavery
Bloomberg | November 5, 2022
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US midterm elections: Why five states have slavery on the ballot in 2022
BBC | October 31, 2022
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5 States Voting On ‘Slavery Loophole’ Ballot Amendments In Midterms
Newsy | October 29, 2022
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Is ‘convict labor’ a form of slavery? Five states face ballot vote.
The Christian Science Moniter | October 25, 2022
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States are voting to eradicate slavery under any terms, but what about prison work?
NPR | October 25, 2022
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Voters in five states have the chance to wipe slavery and indentured servitude off the books
CNN | October 23, 2022
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Slavery is on the ballot for voters in 5 US states
AP News | October 22, 2022
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Where slavery is on the ballot this November
Axios | October 21, 2022
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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