Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Leo Appears To Publicly Acknowledge Black Ancestry For First Time In a new message, Pope Leo XIV has gone farther than any of ...

If you follow our blog, you’ll notice lately we’ve been writing frequently on topics related to human trafficking and modern slavery. This is no accident, as new laws and regulations related to this ...

When the 13th Amendment was ratified in 1865, it abolished slavery or, involuntary servitude, in the United States, with one exception: when used as punishment for a crime. On Nov. 8, voters in four ...

“Well done, thou good and faithful slave!” That is certainly not a common rendering of a very well known Biblical verse (Matthew 25.21), and it is not one people are likely to favor for tombstones, ...

Some 40 million people are enslaved around the world today, though estimates vary. Modern slavery takes many different forms, including child soldiers, sex trafficking and forced labor, and no country ...

In 100 years, some things we consider normal today will make people say, “Wow, how barbaric—I can’t believe people did that! How were they okay with that?” Wage slavery, I hope, will be one of those ...

In a new message, Pope Leo XIV has gone farther than any of his predecessors in apologizing for the Holy See’s role in promoting slavery. The groundbreaking comments came as the pope warned of the ...