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Hurricane-hit Grenadians see climate change and reparations as one struggle

Island country deals with drought and hurricane damage as it pushes for reparations from countries that benefited from slavery

The Guardian - US · Apr 21, 2025

Caught on camera: French cinema finally reckons with its colonial past

For years, French cinema has ignored stories that dealt with France’s colonial history, but something is now changing.

Euronews · Apr 17, 2025

200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists – and Haitians want reparations

In 2002, Haiti’s former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide argued that France should pay his country $US21 billion.

The Conversation · Apr 16, 2025

Hundreds of barbershops targeted by police in crackdown on money laundering and modern slavery

Ten shops were shut down, and further closures are expected after police forces across the country visited 265 cash-focused businesses

Evening Standard · Apr 10, 2025

Juror brings knife into court in slavery trial

A juror bringing a knife to court and being discharged for misconduct was only the beginning of the troubles for a slavery trial in Sydney.

AAP · Apr 9, 2025

River Thames pier renamed by Uber after campaign over slavery link

Uber Boats have announced it has been renamed St Mary’s Wandsworth

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2025

US blocks sea salt imports from South Korean salt farm over forced labor concerns

The United States has blocked imports of sea salt products from a major South Korean salt farm accused of using slave labor, becoming the first trade partner to take punitive action against a decadeslong problem on salt farms in remote islands off South Korea’s southwest coast

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2025

Abolition wasn’t fueled by just moral or economic concerns – the booming whaling industry also helped sink slavery

Historians have long debated whether the end of slavery in the United States was primarily driven by moral campaigns or economic changes. But what if both perspectives are looking at only part of the puzzle?

The Conversation · Apr 4, 2025

Maryland lawmakers plan to study reparations for slavery

Maryland lawmakers have approved a measure to create a commission to study and recommend potential benefits as reparations for slavery and lingering impacts of racial discrimination in the state

The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2025

Secrets of Success: the church that served a plantation remains a monument of resistance

Amid the site in rural Jamaica that once belonged to a Guardian financier may lie a treasure trove of artefacts that tell the story of Britain’s history of colonisation and enslavement

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2025