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she is sending a criminal referral to the irs and federal prosecutors in manhattan. just hours later, a federal appeals court gave trump a huge setback in his fight over classified government documents seized from mar-a-lago. that panel freed federal investigators to use those classified papers as a part of their pro. judge aileen can in, a trump appointee, they had blocked investigators from reviewing those documents until an outside judge could review them. on wednesday, the 11th cir...

A conversation with Bianca Tylek, founder of Worth Rises, about removing the financial incentives for mass incarceration in the United States.

In an AI-generated speech released by nonprofit Worth Rises, the 16th U.S. president comes back to life to challenge a 13th Amendment clause that has repercussions today.

In school, children are taught that the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States. But that’s only half the story. The 13th Amendment bans slavery and involuntary servitude “except as a punishment for a crime.” That infamous loophole, which is the subject of Ava DuVernay’s film 13th, has allowed for the forced labor of millions of incarcerated people—a disproportionate number of whom are Black—throughout the United States.

Democrats in Congress introduced the 'Abolition Amendment,' but what does it actually do?

Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Three legislators are working to abolish the so-called slavery loophole in the U.S. Constitution ahead of Juneteenth, which marks the day in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free. As it stands, the Constitution states: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction....

Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Three legislators are working to abolish the so-called slavery loophole in the U.S. Constitution ahead of Juneteenth, which marks the day in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free. As it stands, the Constitution states: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction....

Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Three legislators are working to abolish the so-called slavery loophole in the U.S. Constitution ahead of Juneteenth, which marks the day in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free. As it stands, the Constitution states: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction....

The "Abolition Amendment" was introduced on Wednesday ahead of Juneteenth – the national holiday commemorating the end of slavery.

The "Abolition Amendment" was introduced on Wednesday ahead of Juneteenth – the national holiday commemorating the end of slavery.