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County Slavery-Accountability Law Fails Supervisors who vote against plan want to focus on future, not what companies did in past By Michelle Maitre, STAFF WRITER Alameda County supervisors narrowly defeated a proposed law Tuesday that would have required companies doing business with the county to disclose whether they ever profited from slavery. The ordinance, authored by Supervisor Keith Carson, failed on a 3-2 vote. Supervisors Gail Steele, Scott Haggerty and Alice Lai-Bitker voted no, with Carson and Supervisor Nate Miley supporting the measure.

Wachovia Corporation's ridiculous apology for its alleged ties to slavery has backfired.Chicago City Council aldermen are vowing to strip from Wachovia a $9.4 million loan to build affordable housing units as punishment for the bank's supposed failure to disclose that its predecessor banks were involved in slave-related business deals. This serves as a warning to other companies that believe they can buy peace with the slave reparations movement. Wachovia thought it would be good for business to cave in to the demands of reparations activists. Now, not only is the company out of a multi-million dollar contract, it has made...