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Tech billionaire Elon Musk is fed up with President Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill and is going public with his war against his former best friend

Elon Musk accuses Trump of driving America into ‘debt slavery’ as he escalates war with president

By KATELYN CARALLE, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Published: 08:58…
The lesser-known story of 100K courageous runaway slaves who fled the South via the ‘Blue Highway’

The lesser-known story of 100K courageous runaway slaves who fled the South via the ‘Blue Highway’

In 1857, an 18-year-old female slave, Lear Green, who had been repeatedly…
‘A teenage clubhouse’: Bail revoked for couple accused of locking adopted children in filthy shed, forcing manual labor

‘You put them in hell. This court will now put you in yours’: Judge throws the book at white couple for forcing adopted Black kids to do hard labor, live in filthy shed

Background: The Sissonville, West Virginia shed locked up their adopted children in…
Judge says human embryos from IVF are not divisible property, upending ruling based on slave law

Judge says human embryos from IVF are not divisible property, upending ruling based on slave law

Main: A small petri dish holding several embryos is positioned onto a…
A Russian mermaid was left injured in January after a giant fish clasped its huge jaws around her face while she was performing in a tank

The real-life mermaids forced into ‘slavery’: How female swimmers are lured to China and forced to dive 70 times a day in aquarium tanks – after performer was attacked by giant fish

For most, the idea of being a mermaid conjures up images of…
The family of Ugandan United Nation's judge Lydia Mugambe, who was found guilty of modern slavery charges, today insisted she had been kind to her victim - and blamed her conviction on 'cultural differences' in the UK

Family of Ugandan UN judge who was found guilty of modern slavery after forcing young woman to work as her slave blame conviction on ‘cultural differences’

The family of a Ugandan United Nation’s judge found guilty of modern…
Disturbing Similarities: Dems on Slavery and Dems on Illegal Alien Labor

Disturbing Similarities: Dems on Slavery and Dems on Illegal Alien Labor

Democrats have always been violently and virulently determined to defy common sense,…
‘A teenage clubhouse’: Bail revoked for couple accused of locking adopted children in filthy shed, forcing manual labor

‘Weren’t there to be raised as children’: White couple forced adopted Black children to do hard labor and live in filthy shed

Background: The Sissonville, West Virginia, shed where Donald Lantz and Jeanne Whitefeather…
‘Slavery is … the best historical parallel’: Texas AG Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against New York abortion doctor sets up unprecedented legal battle

‘Slavery is … the best historical parallel’: Texas AG Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against New York abortion doctor sets up unprecedented legal battle

Background: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (KVUE/YouTube). Insets: Dr. Margaret Carpenter and…
The Importance of London’s New Slavery Memorial

The Importance of London’s New Slavery Memorial

In 2026, a new memorial to the 12.5 million enslaved people transported…