The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December, marks the date of the adoption, by the General Assembly, of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in ...

The European and World Day against the Death Penalty is observed every 10 October. The day serves as reminder that despite the global trend towards the abolition, capital punishment still applies in ...

Holy Trinity Church says it will no longer be able to secure an expected £1m VAT rebate on repair works started last year - Roger Cracknell/Alamy Stock Photo ...

Arguably the most significant step toward the abolition of slavery was taken towards the end of the 18th century by Britain and select states of North America. In the 1790s, Britain stood out as ...

Sen. Mike Lee is continuing to call for the abolition of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). "Tired of being groped every time you travel? Abolish TSA," the senator said in a recent ...

The abolition of USAID is long overdue. Richard W. Rahn is chairman of the Institute for Global Economic Growth and MCon LLC.

A historic church at the heart of Britain’s slavery abolition movement is facing a financial crisis after the Government launched an unexpected tax raid. Holy Trinity Clapham (HTC), famed as ...

We use the language of “abolition” after W.E.B. Du Bois, who believed that the abolition of slavery never actually arrived. While chattel slavery was ended, this did not remedy the economic or social ...

Sen. Mike Lee is continuing to call for the abolition of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). “Tired of being groped every time you travel? Abolish TSA,” the senator said in a recent post ...

Husband and wife own a field next to their home. Wife bought a cabin which has been setup as a FHL on the field. She paid for the cabin, pays all operating expenses ...

Since last year people in the Netherlands whose ancestors were enslaved have been able to change their names at no cost, as part of the government’s efforts to recognise and apologise for the impact ...

And there is precedent for it: In 1833, the United Kingdom passed the Slavery Abolition Act across much of the British Empire. It paid to liberate its enslaved population by compensating slave ...