UN votes to name trans-Atlantic slave trade 'the gravest crime against humanity'
by editors@theworld.org (Gina Kaufmann) from The World: Latest Stories on (#74H67)
The United Nations has voted to name the trans-Atlantic slave trade "the gravest crime against humanity." The landmark resolution, first proposed by Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, also calls for reparations as a concrete step toward remedying historical wrongs." Hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman have the details.