The measure would have amended the state’s constitution to repeal language that allows involuntary servitude as a form of ...

In a setback to California’s historic reparations effort ... who viewed their efforts as part of a national movement to end a ...

Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and ...

Vice President Kamala Harris' home state of California is on track to reject a ballot measure that would ban forced labor in ...

One of the critical jobs that prisoners can be required to work is fighting wildfires. While salaried firefighters in ...

Proposition 6 would have banned the use of involuntary servitude as punishment for crimes. It was rejected by California ...

Although slavery was officially outlawed in California in 1850, the state’s constitution has long permitted forced labor in ...

California has rejected a ballot measure that would have amended the state constitution to ban forced prison labor.

The Associated Press has called another race from Tuesday's election, Proposition 6, which supporters said would "end slavery ...

California lawmakers agreed to put Proposition 6 on the ballot at the urging of criminal justice advocates. Since 2018, at ...

California voters rejected a ballot measure aimed at banning state prisons from using forced labor as a punishment for crimes ...

California voters rejected Proposition 6, a measure that would have banned forced labor in jails and prisons. The Associated ...