Other states, including Nevada, are deleting references to slavery in their constitutions and banning forced prison labor. California voters rejected that path when they turned down Prop. 6.

Laura F. Keyes, a professional portrayer of historic women, gave a program on Elizabeth Cady Stanton Sunday, Nov. 3, in the ...

She led a Union Army raid during the Civil War according to U.S. Army historians. The raid freed more than 750 enslaved ...

Abolish Slavery National Network co-founder Jamilia Land, who advocated for the initiative targeting forced prison labor, said the measure and similar ones in other states are about “dismantling the ...

An Illinois task force is working to bring greater recognition to the state’s role in the Underground Railroad, identifying ...

Former Gov. Quinn advocates for a millionaire tax to fund property tax relief; task force urges Illinois to preserve ...

A student at La Salle Academy reported on Friday that they were one of many students nationwide to receive a racist text ...

California lawmakers agreed to put Proposition 6 on the ballot at the urging of criminal justice advocates. Since 2018, at ...

A task force of lawmakers and historians is recommending that Illinois create a full-time commission to commemorate the ...

Abolishing it wouldn’t undermine state sovereignty in the least.

Black and Latino students in the Los Angeles Unified School District were among those targeted in a series of racist messages across the country. Reports began bubbling up last week; and 32 students ...