By Sunaina Tadakamalla California voters rejected Proposition 6, a measure aiming to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude for prisoners, according to its proponents. The margin between votes was not particularly close. As of November 18, with 94% of votes counted, 53% voted no — 7.5 million — with 46% voting yes, around 6.5 million. The ...

By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media April Grayson, a policy associate for the Young Women’s Freedom Center and a formerly incarcerated Black woman who spent 17 years behind bars, said she can’t wait to see the day when the language in Article 1, Section 6 of California’s Constitution is off the books. It says, ...