Slavery

Oceanside couple sentenced to prison in sex-slave case

2013-05-20 16:16:00

SAN DIEGO -- An Oceanside couple were sentenced Monday to lengthy prison terms for brutally keeping an under-age relative as a sex slave, housekeeper, baby sitter and prostitute. Inez Martinez Garcia, 44, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and her...

Kanye West brings explosive 'Black Skinhead,' 'New Slaves' to 'SNL'

2013-05-20 13:19:00

"I'm doing 500 / I'm out of control now," Kanye West growled halfway through "Black Skinhead," one of two new songs the rap superstar performed on "Saturday Night Live." Here's the thing, though: For all the righteous fury he summoned in "Black...

August Wilson's words came straight from his soul

2013-05-19 07:00:00

Stage and film legend James Earl Jones once said, "It's hard for an actor to go wrong if he's true to the words that August has written." As an actor and writer, I have found that statement to be true of only a few playwrights. There is usually at least...

UC Irvine student finds racist note calling her a 'slave'

2013-05-10 16:20:00

In the second racially charged on-campus incident in three weeks,�UC Irvine�police said Friday that they are investigating a note found in a black student's backpack that read, "Go back 2 Africa slave." The female student discovered the note while she...

Banksy street mural 'Slave Labour' heading for auction... again?

2013-05-13 06:00:00

"Slave Labour," a small outdoor mural attributed to the British artist known as Banksy, has had a strange and contested history even by street-art standards. In February, the piece went missing from the wall in London where it was created in 2012,...

Second racial incident at UC Irvine roils campus

2013-05-11 18:09:00

A second racial incident in less than a month is roiling the UC Irvine campus. Police said Friday that someone put a note in a black student's backpack that read, "Go back 2 Africa slave." The female student discovered the note while she was in the...

'Game of Thrones' recap: Handless Kingslayer growing a heart

2013-05-13 05:05:00

The unlikely bond between Sir Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and his former guard Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie) continues to blossom in “Game of Thrones” Episode 27, “The Bear and the Maiden Fair.” We see a...

Lauryn Hill sentenced to 3 months in prison in tax evasion case

2013-05-06 16:26:00

Lauryn Hill was sentenced to three months in federal prison Monday for failing to pay taxes on an estimated $1.8 million in income. U.S. District Court Judge Madeline Cox Arleo handed down the sentence in Newark, N.J., ruling that the Grammy-winning...

'Game of Thrones' recap: An army for a dragon?

2013-04-15 06:15:00

“Walk of Punishment,” the title of the latest episode of HBO's “Game of Thrones,” refers to a horrific site in Astapor where slaves are hung on crosses for sometimes trivial offenses. Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) is in this...

'Game of Thrones' recap: A hot deal for a dragon

2013-04-22 07:00:00

Want to foment rebellion among the Night’s Watch? Starve the men and make them shovel pig poop. “And Now His Watch Is Ended” is the title of this week's episode, and it also is a phrase repeated in unison as the Rangers solemnly...

New releases: 'Django Unchained' has exceptional performances

2013-04-14 08:30:00

Django Unchained Weinstein/Anchor Bay, $29.98; Blu-ray, $39.99 Available on VOD beginning Tuesday Typical of Quentin Tarantino, this Deep South "western" is strong stuff, telling the epic story of an escaped slave (played by Jamie Foxx) on a quest...

English assignment using Nazi propaganda embarrasses Albany, N.Y.

2013-04-12 13:44:00

An upstate New York school district has become the latest to learn that some educational approaches create special sensitivity problems, as in this case in which a high school teacher asked students to make a written argument good enough to “...

Inez Martinez Garcia and Marcial Garcia Hernandez were sentenced for keeping a relative as a sex slave, housekeeper, baby sitter and prostitute.

2013-05-20 16:17:00

This detail from an 1878 Hampton map shows the location of the Grand Contraband Camp just northwest of Lincoln and Queen streets. As many as 7,000 refugee slaves lived there during the Civil War

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Documentary photographer Lisa Kristine, left, introduces Vivienne Harr, 9, during a lecture at the Orlando Museum of Art on Saturday, May 4, 2012.

2013-05-03 00:00:00