I study modern-day slavery − and here’s what I’ve learned about how enslavers try to justify their actions. Story by Monti Datta, University of Richmond • 5mo.

In the upcoming RTD Discover Richmond magazine (publishing April 11) ... a Q&A on slavery that is close to home and far from old history.

Slavery in the US People are enslaved in the U.S., too. The National Human Trafficking Resource center, which documents cases of forced labor and sex trafficking, has identified 197,000 victims of ...

“Modern day prison labor descends from the enslavement of Black people. After the Thirteenth Amendment abolished race-based slavery, the criminal legal system was used to replicate its oppressive ...

A whole-of-government approach is necessary to fight modern-day slavery. Legislation like the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act reauthorizes and ...

Modern slavery and environmental destruction remain largely risk-free endeavors for offenders, who stand to make a lot of money from exploitative practices. At the same time — we now know what ...

On Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, current and former inmates announced a lawsuit challenging Alabama's prison labor program as a type of “modern day slavery." Dave Martin / AP Dec. 16, 2023, 6:00 AM EST ...

Since 2010, January has been designated National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. The significance of January is that the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared the freedom of 3. ...