Michigan House members propose a resolution to ban slavery as punishment for crimes, aiming for a constitutional amendment.

A resolution was introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives Tuesday, proposing an amendment to the state ...

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. The Thirteenth Amendment was intended to complete the destruction of slavery begun by the U.S. government during the ...

FILE - This Nov. 29, 2011, file photo shows the signature of president Abraham Lincoln on a rare, restored copy of the 13th Amendment that ended slavery, in Chicago. National lawmakers are expected on ...

Washington D.C. (WHTM) On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended ...

A federal appeals court has revived a civil rights lawsuit which alleges a south Louisiana parish engaged in discriminatory ...

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Tamil minority parties in Sri Lanka met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the implementation of the India-sponsored ...