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Why did Nevada vote to ban slavery, when California didn’t?
High Country News | November 26, 2024
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Nevada just banned ‘slavery and involuntary servitude’ in prisons. Why didn’t California?
Los Angeles Times | November 17, 2024
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The 13th Amendment
Black Arm of the Law Podcast | November 12, 2024
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I’m Incarcerated in California. Here’s What Prop 6 Not Passing Means for People Like Me
TIME | November 13, 2024
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California voters reject measure that would have banned forced prison labor
AP News | November 11, 2024
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A review of key 2024 ballot measures
Economic Policy Institute | November 7, 2024
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Nevada voted to make abortion a constitutional right. What to know about key ballot measures
AP News | November 6, 2024
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Prop. 6: ‘No’ votes lead slightly on prison labor intiative in early results copy
Fox 40 News | November 5, 2024
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November 5 vote could mark a turning point in ending forced labour in US prisons
Walk Free | November 4, 2024
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California Proposition 6: Eliminate Involuntary Servitude for Incarcerated Persons
94.1 KPFA | October 29, 2024
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Banning Forced Labor in California and Nevada Prisons: What You Need to Know
Indo NewYork | October 28, 2024
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Some US states are voting on slavery this November’s election
Screenshot | October 25, 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