Why the US stands out for fatal police violence
New research compares police officer training and rates of fatal police violence in 18 countries. The US stands out.
New research compares police officer training and rates of fatal police violence in 18 countries. The US stands out.
“Emancipations always happened on the terms of the enslavers,” says historian Kris Manjapra, author of a new book on what he calls “ghostlining.”
“The labor conditions of incarcerated workers in many US prisons violate the most fundamental human rights to life and dignity,” says Claudia Flores.
Artificial intelligence and low-cost satellite imagery combine to spot forced labor at deforestation sites in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest.
Artificial intelligence and low-cost satellite imagery combine to spot forced labor at deforestation sites in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest.
Although slaveholders devalued enslaved people with disabilities, a new book shows their integral contributions to their communities.
A 16th-century French legal tenet said “there are no slaves in France,” but art from the reign of Louis XIV tells a different story.