Unappetizing disclosures about the children who labor in West African cocoa fields are unlikely to be coming soon to a chocolate bar near you following oral arguments Tuesday at the First Circuit.
Read moreFormer South Korean wartime sex slaves went to court in Seoul Wednesday to demand compensation from the Japanese government, in a case that is likely to exacerbate tensions between the neighbors.
Read moreA former Division 1 football player who went on to play for the Steelers and the Broncos brought a federal class action to force fair compensation for student-athletes.
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The Trump administration is blocking shipments from a Chinese company making baby pajamas sold at Costco warehouses after the foreign manufacturer was accused of forcing ethnic minorities locked in an internment camp to sew clothes against their will.
Read moreSan Francisco school officials failed to study environmental consequences when they ordered the covering of controversial George Washington murals, according to a complaint filed in state court from a California high school alumni association.
Read moreThe Trump administration on Tuesday announced it is holding imports of clothing, gold, diamonds and other items believed to have been produced with forced labor by companies based in Brazil, China and Malaysia as well as some gold mined in eastern Congo and diamonds from a region in Zimbabwe.
Read moreThe International Criminal Court said Tuesday it will move forward with a trial against an accused Islamic militant charged with committing war crimes in the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu.
Read moreAlong the narrow country roads of southern Italy, there are African immigrants, most of them in their 20s and some even younger, on bicycles. They’re going to and from work in fields and work sites.
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After weeks of pushback over the decision to remove historic murals, San Francisco school officials voted Tuesday to cover, rather than destroy, a series of 1930s frescoes depicting George Washington, black slaves and dead Native Americans.
Read moreAn attorney for a mentally ill black man who was tied to a rope by officers on horseback gave police in Galveston, Texas, an ultimatum Monday: Release body-cam footage or the man’s supporters will lead a march through the city next month.
Read moreNebraska’s only Underground Railroad site recognized by the National Park Service filed a lawsuit Wednesday that blames Nebraska City for extensive water and sewer damage caused to the historic property.
Read moreNews that President Abraham Lincoln had ordered slaves to be freed took more than two years to reach slaves in Galveston, Texas. Photos of current Galveston police officers on horseback with a roped black man in tow went viral within seconds, drawing outrage and apologies from the police chief.
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The Alabama Historical Commission has asked a federal judge to declare it is the owner of the last slave ship known to bring human cargo from Africa to the United States so that it can better preserve the shipwreck.
Read moreThe International Criminal Court heard closing arguments Wednesday in a preliminary hearing to determine if there is sufficient evidence to hold a trial over war crimes charges against an accused Islamic militant from Mali.
Read moreThe defense team began making their case Thursday in a preliminary hearing before the International Criminal Court to determine whether evidence is strong enough to prosecute a Malian man facing charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Read moreThe International Criminal Court opened a week-long preliminary hearing Monday to decide whether evidence is strong enough to put a Malian man on trial for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Timbuktu.
Read moreThe 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.
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