Slavery

Pope Leo apologizes for Church's historic role in slavery

The remarks mark the most explicit papal admission to date of institutional responsibility, going beyond Pope Francis's condemnation of modern-day slavery.

Pope Leo XIV attends the presentation of his first Encyclical Letter "Magnifica Humanitas" focused on the rise of artificial intelligence, in The Vatican on May 25, 2026.
MEMBERS OF Australian families believed to be linked to the Islamic State militants wait to leave Roj camp near Derik, Syria April 24, 2026.

Australian women linked to ISIS arrested, accused of slavery after Syrian return

 Illustrative image of human trafficking.

Couple arrested for human trafficking after keeping foreign worker under 'slavery conditions'

Taking cover in Tel Aviv, March 1.

Parashat Ki Tisa: Fear and the choice of courage


Mike Tyson to Poles: You guys didn’t have s**t happen to you

The famous US boxer was in Poland to promote his ‘Black energy’ drink.

Former boxer Mike Tyson reacts as he speaks to the media, before the weigh-in of International Boxing Federation (IBF) World Championship Bout at the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall of China, on the outskirts of Beijing, China, May 24, 2016

Let’s commit to eradicating modern slavery by the next Seder

We are commanded to feel, over the course of our Seder, as if we, too, experienced the ravages of slavery and the redemptive power of liberation.

Passover plate from France

Let’s commit to eradicating modern slavery by the next Seder

We are commanded to feel, over the course of our Seder, as if we, too, experienced the ravages of slavery and the redemptive power of liberation.

Ivanka Trump attends a meeting on action to end modern slavery and human trafficking on the sidelines of the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in Manhattan, New York, U.S

We were once slaves

We were slaves but now we are free. When we sit down at our Seder tonight, we should think long and hard about what that means.

A Passover Seder

Former Labour MP, anti-Israel activist Walker gets support from David Icke

The conspiracy writer, famous for claiming humanity is controlled by space lizards, posed a video in which Walker defends her views that Holocaust Memorial Day should be expanded to include blacks.

UK Labour member Jackie Walker

The Jewish slaveholders

Beyond the antisemitic canards, Jews alternately participated, coopted and resisted slavery.

Judah P. Benjamin, the most prominent Jewish slaveholder in American history