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Open thread for night owls: State Department 'watered down' human trafficking...
attribution: REUTERSWorkers in Alor Setar bury some of the 106 unidentified bodies found in a traffickers' camp in May, 2015 The State Department's removal of Malaysia from the annually constructed...
View Article8/16 - National TPP Call on August 16 7:30 PM ET & 4:30pm PT online links here
8/16 - National TPP Call on August 16, 2015 at 7:30 PM ET & 4:30pm PT in Your Computer Click Here to get in https://join.me/... Trade In Services...
View ArticleThis is Our Story: ‘Sto’ and Sold!
Julian Bond, the great gentleman Civil Rights warrior, was the grandson of those ‘sto’ and sold, to guarantee the absence of any Middle Class bridge between wealthy plantation owners and the human...
View ArticleUN Backed Humanitarian Asylum Zones?
The world has a significant and growing problem with refugees, displaced people & human trafficking. Between climate change and wars, there are currently hundreds of thousands of people migrating,...
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This Week in the War on Women
A recent article in Mother Jones argues that the war on women is over, at least when it comes to abortion rights - and women lost:This is what 2015 looks like: Abortion providers struggle against...
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President Carter: A Stunning TED Talk On U.S. Death Penalty, Prison Systems &...
At 91, former President Jimmy Carter still seems unstoppable. In this TED Talk from May 2015, his words are stunning and unprecedented. A Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, President Carter touches on many...
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Fewer Slaves on Boats thanks to the NYT: Investigative Journalism Works
The world is full of injustice and problems. Relatively speaking, I'd consider being kidnapped and held on a boat miles from shore for months, subject to beatings and shackles, pretty high on the...
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Nepal Restricts Women's Rights in New Constitution Sept 2015
Compared to others that ended with water cannons and tear gas, the women's protests were quiet. Here is one in Kathmandu where they lay down.Never Ending Peace and LoveNepal passed a new constitution...
View ArticleWant to help stop human trafficking? [POLL]
It won't cost you money or time. Just refuse to click on pornography.A more scholarly treatment is also available.
View ArticleGoal for the day: not to be complicit in horrible crimes
"No trading partner or trade agreement is worth sacrificing our values and becoming complicit in such horrible crimes." was Rep Grijalva's immediate response to the issue of human trafficking in the...
View ArticleThese 24 Dems Just Voted to Prevent the US from Using Trade Deals to Reduce...
Today, the House passed the conference report for the customs enforcement bill, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015.Here are the parts of the bill that, at least on the surface,...
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Flight attendant tells how she learned to recognize human trafficking and...
It’s time for the Super Bowl and for most that means football, big screens, chips and chili. But with this big event comes a dark side—a surge of the human trafficking of girls/young women. American...
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NH-Sen: Maggie Hassan (D) Calls On Congress To Crack Down On Human Trafficking
Received this e-mail today from Governor Maggie Hassan’s (D. NH) U.S. Senate campaign:Maggie Hassan (D. NH)Human trafficking is a grave violation of human rights.It's completely unacceptable that women...
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That time a slave was right in front of you and you had no idea—you didn't...
It’s happening right here in America, on the streets, in local businesses, as well as behind closed doors. Human beings are bartered, bought, sold, branded, and smuggled to be used as slaves. It’s a...
View ArticleNew Report: Obama Administration Handed Migrant Children over to Human...
It is important to condemn the anti-immigrant rhetoric of people like Donald Trump and the rest of the Republican clown car because such words can have a real impact on people—psychologically or...
View ArticleReal Grownups Listen to Children
Hillary is right, it’s not just about Wall Street. It’s about wealthy people taking homes from needy families in public housing. It’s about Pharmaceuticals risking the public health and welfare with...
View ArticleHuman traffickers now branding victims to show slave ownership
There is a new disgusting trend that further dehumanizes victims of human trafficking/slavery. Pimps and perpetrators are now branding their victims. One way they are claiming ownership is with...
View ArticlePalm Beach billionaire's sex-trafficking case involving Alan Dershowitz and...
Jeffrey Epstein, 62, along with his buddies, reportedly abused/exploited at least 34 underage girls for from 1999 to 2007. Some of the girls were as young as 13. In 2008, in what amounted to hundreds...
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AR-Sen: Eldridge (D) Goes After Boozman (R) For Voting Against The Violence...
Received this e-mail today from Conner Eldridge’s (D. AR) campaign:Conner Eldridge (D. AR)Friend -- This week marks three years since Congress reauthorized the bipartisan Violence Against Women Act...
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NV-Sen: Cortez Masto (D) Calls For A Crack Down On Websites That Advertise...
Received this e-mail today from former Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto’s (D. NV) U.S. Senate campaign:Catherine Cortez Masto (D. NV)If there’s one thing we as a society should do everything to...
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