The debate over reparations for descendants of slaves catapulted from the campaign trail to Congress on Wednesday with an impassioned plea from actor Danny Glover and others for lawmakers to address compensation for America’s blighted heritage of racism and Jim Crow laws.
Read moreIn his last opportunity to defend his client in front of a federal jury, a defense attorney said Monday afternoon that former NXIVM leader Keith Raniere might be a philanderer but that having multiple intimate partners is not a crime.
Read moreA 31-year-old actress testified Friday that the former leader of purported self-help group NXIVM tied her blindfolded to a table and had another woman perform oral sex on her while he watched, walked around the room and asked her questions about her sexual history.
Read moreA woman who says she was lured into a secretive sex cult within the purported self-help group NXIVM testified Thursday she thought its former leader’s reputation as the smartest man in the world was “bullshit” but trusted her recruiter, former “Smallville” actress Allison Mack.
Read moreKeith Raniere and several associates of the purported self-help group NXIVM held a young woman in a room in her family’s house for two years after she kissed another man, she testified over several days at Raniere’s sex-cult trial before finally leaving the witness stand Friday afternoon.
Read moreOne member of a Mexican family with deep ties to the New York-based purported self-help group NXIVM testified Thursday that its former leader, accused of leading a secretive sex cult within the organization, had sex with her younger sister when the girl was 16.
Read moreResearchers working in the murky waters of the northern Gulf Coast have located the wreck of the last ship known to bring enslaved people from Africa to the United States, historical officials said Wednesday.
Read moreAn admitted slave master in a secret sex cult within the purported self-help group NXIVM testified Tuesday that women were branded with the initials of NXIVM leader Keith Raniere when brought into the group.
Read moreA former member of the purported self-help group NXIVM’s executive board testified Monday that its ex-leader Keith Raniere tried to “break” women in the organization by putting them on very stringent diets.
Read moreA defense attorney invoked Winston Churchill and Atticus Finch in his opening statement Tuesday on behalf of cult founder Keith Raniere, hours before a woman testified that she had been extorted into sending nude photos to the leader of the purported self-help group NXIVM.
Read moreEight men and four women were chosen as jurors Monday for the upcoming trial of cult founder Keith Raniere, a leader of the purported self-help group NXIVM who is accused of running a sex-slavery ring within the secretive organization.
Read moreIn a devastating blow to former NXIVM leader Keith Raniere on the eve of his trial, a federal judge opened the door Friday for prosecutors to display the the pornographic images of an underage teenager whom Raniere is accused of enslaving.
Read moreAs a federal trial dubbed the biggest cult case in decades kicks off next week in Brooklyn, experts and lawyers across the country are watching closely to see how it shapes the prosecution of cult leaders and the public perception of their organizations.
Read moreAn American art museum is demanding that a German far-right party stop using one of its paintings, portraying a 19th-century slave auction, in a campaign poster for the European elections.
Read moreA Texas couple was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison for enslaving an African child for 16 years in their affluent suburban home and denying her pay and an education before she escaped.
Read moreFormer “Smallville” actress Allison Mack pleaded guilty Monday to charges related to the cult NXIVM, a case involving sex slaves who were branded with the initials of the group’s leader.
Read moreClaiming that a Harvard scientist exploited her slave ancestors for racist research in the 19th century, a Connecticut woman sued the Ivy League institution for damages Wednesday.
Read moreWith a little over a month until trial, federal prosecutors leveled new child pornography and exploitation charges against the leader of a purported self-help group-turned-sex-slavery ring.
Read moreOn a Saturday morning in March 1851, the first black attorney to ever file a lawsuit in the United States stood in the federal courthouse in Boston where one month earlier he had joined a mob to free a fugitive slave.
Read moreA Texas federal jury began deliberating Thursday whether a wealthy married couple enslaved an African child for 16 years in their affluent suburban home and denied her pay and an education before she escaped.
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