The exterior of the Canal Street Ferry terminal building has five new colorful murals, painted by local artists, that pay ...

The parallels between anti-abortion states cracking down on abortion seekers and providers and the slavery fight are hard to miss.

"It's important for the community to be able to say ‘It’s OK for us to learn about our past.’ We don’t need to keep it buried ...

Angola inmates are again asking a federal judge to stop forced farm labor during extreme heat, arguing the practice is ...

Discover Madam C.J. Walker's inspiring journey from poverty to millionaire, revolutionising beauty, entrepreneurship, and ...

A group of fishermen is accusing Bumble Bee Foods, one of the largest tuna importers, of slavery. In a landmark lawsuit, four ...

Solomon Northup detailed his time in Central Louisiana in his 1853 narrative "Twelve Years a Slave," on which the Academy Award winning movie is based.

This is the first known case of fishing boat slavery brought against a US seafood company, Agnieszka Fryszman, one of the attorneys for the plaintiffs, told CNN. “Fishing vessels never really ...

I put N“P”R on while I made coffee three mornings ago and learned three things: +1. The US imperialist client and occupation and apartheid state of Israel ...

The clause is in the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was passed in 1868 to protect recently freed slaves. The Callais parties argue that Louisiana’s Black population doesn’t ...

"Human rights violations specific to the fact that these children were targeted because of their race and they were used basically as slaves from what the indictment alleges." Per the criminal ...