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Racist text messages referencing slavery raise alarms in multiple states and prompt investigations
Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and ...Tech - ABC News - November 10 -
Slavery, involuntary servitude are on the ballot in these states
So-called slavery "loopholes" are on this year's ballot in California and Nevada.Top stories - ABC News - October 29 -
Black Ops 6 Season 1 Battle Pass Includes Emote Referencing Viral RayGun Olympics Dance
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's Season 1 update just arrived, and the multiplayer shooter's new battle pass contains all manner of items to unlock and collect. One of them is a new emote called "Move ...Tech - GameSpot - 5 days ago -
Tottenham appeal Rodrigo Bentancur's seven game ban for comments referencing Heung-Min Son's 'ethnic origin'
Bentancur made the comments about his teammate on Uruguayan TV over the summerSports - CBS Sports - 23 hours ago -
Starmer rejects calls for slavery reparation talks
The prime minister says he wants to focus on challenges faced by Commonwealth countries "right now".Top stories - BBC News - October 23 -
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Leaders meet at Commonwealth summit with slavery reparations on agenda
Commonwealth leaders convened in Samoa to discuss climate change and reparations for Britain's role in transatlantic slavery.Top stories - NBC News - October 24 -
UK will not pay out over slavery, says Reeves
The chancellor says she understands why countries are making demands but the UK will not pay out.Top stories - BBC News - October 24 -
What form could reparations for slavery take?
How likely is the UK to provide reparations for the slave trade, and what could that look like?Top stories - BBC News - October 24 -
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Why the King can't say 'sorry' for slavery
Arguments about reparations rumbled once again this week as the King spoke at the Commonwealth summit in Samoa.Top stories - BBC News - October 25 -
Commonwealth leaders agree to consider reparations for historic slavery
Pledge comes despite British efforts to prevent the issue from being mentioned in official communiqueWorld - Financial Times - October 26 -
California and Nevada voters consider ending inmate 'slavery'
LOS ANGELES — California and Nevada voters are weighing whether to repeal legal loopholes in their state constitutions that allow slavery and involuntary servitude to be used as criminal punishment.Top stories - NBC News - October 31 -
Slavery reparations not about transfer of cash, says Lammy
Speaking in Nigeria, the UK foreign secretary said he wanted Britain to develop relations with Africa.Top stories - BBC News - November 4 -
Harris Sharpens her Message on Trump
Also, the U.S. said North Korea sent troops to aid Russia. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.Top stories - The New York Times - October 24 -
Americans overrun with political text messages
Cell phones across the country have been inundated with text messages about the election, particularly in the last few months. Jonquilyn Hill, host of Vox's "Explain it to Me" podcast, joined CBS ...Top stories - CBS News - October 30 -
Democratic strategist on the party's economic message
A CBS News exit poll found that 45% of voters felt that their financial situation was worse than it was four years ago. Hyma Moore, the former director for the office of Democratic National ...Top stories - CBS News - November 6 -
Democratic Congressman on the party's messaging, focus
Democratic leaders are divided over what to blame for their 2024 election losses. Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts joins "The Daily Report" to discuss the party's messaging and focus.Top stories - CBS News - November 13 -
Starmer says he wants to ‘look forward’ and not talk about slavery reparations
UK prime minister would rather work with nations on ‘future-facing challenges’ at Commonwealth summit. . Keir Starmer has insisted he wants to “look forward” rather than have “very long endless ...World - The Guardian - October 23 -
Starmer rejects calls for slavery reparations ahead of Commonwealth summit
PM plans to focus on ‘future-facing challenges’ such as climate change but Caribbean leaders hope to raise the issueWorld - Financial Times - October 23 -
Commonwealth leaders to defy UK by putting slavery reparations on summit agenda
Downing Street insists a discussion about the issue is not on the agenda for the summit of 56 Commonwealth countries.Top stories - BBC News - October 24 -
Britain's leaders likely to face slavery reparations questions at a summit of former colonies
A confrontation for Britain over its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade appears increasingly likely to feature at a summit of nations its empire once colonized, after Caribbean leaders said ...World - ABC News - October 24 -
King Charles acknowledges 'painful' slavery past as calls for reparations intensify
King Charles said the Commonwealth should acknowledge its “painful” history, as African and Caribbean nations push for reparations for Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery.Top stories - NBC News - October 25 -
Inside a 1760 schoolhouse for Black children is a complicated history of slavery and resilience
A Virginia museum has nearly finished restoring the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children, where hundreds of mostly enslaved students learned to read through a curriculum that ...Top stories - NBC News - November 1 -
Project reveals UK sites where black Americans fought to end slavery
Missing Pieces Project maps buildings in 189 locations where African American abolitionists spoke against slavery. Historic England is commemorating the American abolitionist Frederick Douglass ’s ...World - The Guardian - November 1 -
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Britain's foreign secretary says slavery reparations not about cash transfer
Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy says reparations for the U.K.’s role in the slave trade are not about the “transfer of cash” and reiterated his country’s position that leans toward focusing ...World - ABC News - November 4 -
How Harris, Trump messaging is playing to voters
Vice President Kamala Harris has made former President Donald Trump's recent rhetoric, in which he has painted his political rivals as threats to the U.S., a focus of her campaign message. Major ...Politics - CBS News - October 23 -
Here Is the Missing Context in Ta-Nehisi Coates’s ‘The Message’
Israel and its foes share one thing in common.Top stories - The New York Times - October 24 -
‘Grateful' Jaylen shares heartfelt message on 28th birthday
Jaylen Brown spoke to NBC Sports Boston's Abby Chin after leading the Celtics to a 122-102 win over the Wizards on his 28th birthday.Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 25 -
Rove: 'Undisciplined' Trump 'stepping on' his own message
Republican strategist Karl Rove criticized former President Trump for being "undisciplined," with the election less than two weeks away — though he also praised the presidential candidate's ...Politics - The Hill - October 25 -
Beyoncé Rallies for Harris in Houston With a Message for the Battlegrounds
Kamala Harris used Texas’ strict abortion ban as a cautionary tale as she sought to lay out the stakes of a deadlocked election.Top stories - The New York Times - October 26 -
In closing message at Ellipse in D.C., Harris calls Trump "unstable"
Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a speech Tuesday evening to thousands of supporters at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., the same park where former President Donald Trump spoke ahead of the ...Top stories - CBS News - October 29 -
Trump's closing campaign message is hampered by distractions, disconnect
Donald Trump's campaign has faced backlash for several controversial remarks in the final days of his campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris.Business - CNBC - November 4 -
Harris’s and Trump’s Closing Messages, as Seen Through Their Ads
Kamala Harris and her allies have concentrated their spending on addressing the economy. For Donald Trump, one theme dominates: fear.Top stories - The New York Times - November 4 -
FBI investigates racist text messages sent to black people across US
The messages tell recipients they have been selected "to pick cotton" or “chosen to be a slave", authorities say.Top stories - BBC News - November 8 -
Feds investigate racist text messages sent nationwide
Federal authorities are investigating racist text messages that were sent this week to residents in at least 19 states, from California to Connecticut. The texts were also sent to students at ...Top stories - CBS News - November 8
