Cotton is one of the most valuable crops grown in the U.S., with a harvest value of some US$7 billion yearly. It is cultivated across a crescent of 17 states stretching from Virginia to California and ...

Southeast Texas—Hi y’all. We’re picking cotton. All four machines are running. This is a fantastic day. The field we are currently harvesting is picking fairly poor. It’s yielding about 0.8 bales an ...

UNION COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) - A North Carolina mother says her middle school student was asked to pick cotton during a lesson about the Industrial Revolution this week. The mother, who asked ...

FALL INTO THE WRONG HANDS. RACIST TEXT MESSAGES REPORTED IN AT LEAST 14 STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE GRANDMOTHER JACKIE BRADLEY TELLING 12 NEWS HER 12 YEAR OLD ...

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An Oct. 5 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows two photos, one of President Joe Biden and another of a man holding an armful of cotton in a field. “Joe Biden is offering Black people ...

An international coalition of civil society groups has reported a resurgence of state-imposed forced labour during ...