New research shows that when the whaling industry in the US produced more products, the proportion of slaves also declined in ...

PRIMARK has been praised by the Bishop of Bristol, the Rt Revd Vivienne Faull, for its “effective human-rights due diligence” in tackling the evils of modern slavery and human trafficking. The ...

Air stewardess Henny Lim shared a video on social media platform TikTok explaining why, saying that flight attendants sit in the 'bracing position' so that 'if there was any impact from an ...

The stunning video was taken by the passengers of the Fram2 mission, a historic SpaceX flight that has put humans in orbit over Earth's poles for the first time ever. In the video, Norwegian film ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The votes were cast, the session was adjourned and Del. Aletheia McCaskill still was absorbing what had happened: Maryland lawmakers approved creating a commission to study reparations for slavery.

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One of the most cliché-but-true bits of fashion advice is this: have at least one good pair of flats. Heels are fun and all, but there's no getting past the need for flats when your typical day ...

The database builds on two earlier phases of work on British slave-ownership which worked backwards from the end of slavery to trace the development of British colonial slavery. In 1833 Parliament ...

In 1700, the English merchant slave ship Henrietta Marie sank 35 miles west of Key West shortly after offloading 190 captured Africans in Jamaica. Nearly 325 years later, using the ...