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According to the UN, Canadians with intellectual disabilities are being exploited

Canada was recently criticized by Tomoya Obokata, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, in relation to the shortcom…

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The right to disconnect from work—and employer surveillance—is growing globally. Why is NZ lagging?

A new law giving Australian workers the "right to disconnect"—to refuse contact from their employers outside their working hours (unless that refusal…

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Q&A: Sierra Leone's women farmers use a custom called bora to access land—but it's making them more vulnerable

Bora—a type of thank you gift—is a Sierra Leonean custom of respect that is often used in relation to land. For instance, informal farmers pay bora t…

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US Congress members' wealth statistically linked with ancestors' slaveholding practices

According to a new study, as of April 2021, US Congress members whose ancestors enslaved 16 or more people had a net worth that was five times higher…

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