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Byline: Veronica Stracqualursi and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) -- New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker, writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and actor Danny Glover testified Wednesday before a House panel hearing on [...]

Byline: Veronica Stracqualursi and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) -- New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker, writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and actor Danny Glover testified Wednesday before a House panel hearing on [...]

Byline: Veronica Stracqualursi and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) -- New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker, writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and actor Danny Glover testified Wednesday before a House panel hearing on [...]

Byline: Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) -- New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker, writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and actor Danny Glover will testify Wednesday before a House panel hearing on reparations for [...]

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), cosponsored a reparations bill (S.1083) introduced by U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ). The landmark bill, is the only reparations bill ever to be introduced [...]

Last week, Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and 11 of their U.S. Senate colleagues introduced S. 1083, the H.R. 40 Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals [...]

A reparations bill (S.1083) led by U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has reached 12 cosponsors in the Senate. The landmark bill, introduced by [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the National Center for Public Policy Research: Taxpayer Payments for Slavery Would Be Unnecessary and Divisive, Says Project 21 Washington, D.C. – [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by Hawaii Senator Mazie K. Hirono: Last week, Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and 11 of their U.S. Senate [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by New Jersey Senator Cory Booker: A reparations bill (S.1083) led by U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen: Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), cosponsored a reparations bill (S.1083) introduced by U.S. Senator Cory [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary: On June 19th at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, [...]

Byline: Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) -- A House panel will hold a hearing next week on the topic of reparations for slavery. The House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on the Constitution, [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the National Center for Public Policy Research: Since 1989 and until his resignation from Congress in 2017, Representative John Conyers promoted legislation [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by New Jersey Senator Cory Booker: Senate companion to HR40 would study impact of slavery on African-Americans April 8, 2019 WASHINGTON, D.C. [...]

Byline: Kieran Guilbert London -- Governments should set an example to business by rooting out labour abuse in the supply chains that make up trillions of dollars worth of state [...]

LONDON -- The following information was released by the UK Government: The government has demonstrated its global leadership in confronting modern slavery issues after hosting an international conference on tackling [...]

London: MP Susan Elan Jones has issued the following news release:Susan Elan Jones MP has today (12/02/19) attended a roundtable meeting in Parliament on 'Ethical Business: Tackling Modern Slavery'.Organised by [...]

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The following information was released by the National Constitution Center:by Sheldon GilbertOn February 1, 1865the same day President Abraham Lincoln signed a joint congressional resolution sending the [...]

Byline: Yohannes Lowe AN MP has called for a slave trader's statue to be removed because it offends black people. Thangam Debbonaire, the Labour MP for Bristol West, wants the [...]

I have been feeling so much despair that, even as a media scholar, I'm often tempted to avoid the news. The unending stream of political developments that I know will [...]

Byline: Gareth Hutchens and Ben Doherty A bill requiring Australia's biggest companies to address modern slavery in their supply chains has been welcomed by anti-slavery and civil society groups, though [...]

Byline: Steven Swinford Deputy political eDitor THERESA MAY is facing a showdown with pro-European Tory MPs after the Lords overwhelmingly backed plans to give Parliament a 'meaningful vote' if no [...]

Byline: Allyson Chiu When Kanye West made his comments about slavery, many fans, activists and fellow celebrities were quick to voice their shock and outrage. Now, basketball legend Kobe Bryant [...]

Byline: Steven Swinford DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR HAND car washes in supermarket car parks could be damaging the environment, MPs have warned as they set up an inquiry. The environmental audit [...]

THE Evening Standard's campaign to stamp out modern slavery is shining a light on this appalling crime and helping to defeat it. By being able to spot the signs and [...]

Byline: KONRAD YAKABUSKI; Staff A few years ago, I landed for the first time at Gdansk's Lech Walesa Airport and was struck by the almost comical juxtaposition of the striking [...]

Theresa May's fight to wipe out modern slavery could be derailed by plans for a hard Brexit, campaigners have warned. Labour MP Peter Kyle has written to the Prime Minister [...]

* Black Democrats are pressing hard on party leaders to stage a reparations vote this month, citing the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre as impetus for Congress to [...]

2020 MAY 28 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Politics & Government Business -- Current study results on Science - Political Science have been published. According to [...]

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The following information was released by the National Constitution Center:On December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment was ratified after the state of Georgia approved the amendment as [...]

Brussels: Public Register European Parliament has issued the following document:(English version)Question for written answer E-004769/18to the Commission (Vice-President/High Representative)Ramon Tremosa i Balcells (ALDE)(21 September 2018)Subject: VP/HR -- 5th arbitrary arrest [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Majority Office: U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today [...]

The Georgetown University Student Association senate is considering a resolution calling on the university to erect a memorial honoring the 272 slaves sold in 1838 by the Maryland Society of [...]

London: MP Paul Blomfield, has issued the following news release: I was shocked by the answer I got from Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes when I asked her how the Government [...]

Byline: Moore-Bridger VICTIMS of 'honour-based' abuse in London are being forced into marriages where they face a life of modern slavery, campaigners warned today. They spoke out as an Evening [...]

* House legislation to form a commission to study whether black Americans should receive reparations for slavery is getting a significant boost from Democrats on the presidential campaign trail. Rep. [...]

Byline: Lindsey Bever A Tennessee university president has apologized for offending African-American students with a table centerpiece that included stalks of cotton - a piece of Southern-style decor that is [...]