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Editor’s note: PBJ Learning does not support “abolition,” per se. That said, we welcome all the groups that are working to make a difference, and you should make up your own mind as to how you decide to get involved. I’ve been on the frontlines of the fight against human trafficking in Florida for nearly…
Children need companies to design platforms for safety as effectively as they innovate for profit. Kids need governments to regulate the internet the way they regulate physical spaces—with protection and accountability as priority. And civil society organizations must play their role too, sharing promising models and practices while amplifying survivor leaders globally. These imperatives are…
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds passes out pens Thursday after signing a property tax cut bill at the Statehouse in Des Moines. She told reporters she would soon sign a bill that eases restrictions on employing children. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) When Iowa lawmakers last week gave final approval to roll back certain child labor protections, they…
There is a major update to 9 Investigates’ reporting on the lack of standards and inspections for human trafficking safehouses that serve adults. Wednesday night, a bill to regulate them was about to be sent to the governor’s desk. Advocates are citing Channel 9 investigative reporter Karla Ray’s reporting as the catalyst for this legislation moving…
Editor’s note: we do not promote “abolition”; we are presenting this for your information about cultural views in America. Anti-human trafficking activist Jaco Booyens said Saturday that the pornography industry fuels the exploitation and abuse of children. “Take personal accountability. Understand that pornography feeds the climb of child sexual exploitation,” Booyens said in an interview…
Virginia could be doing more to prevent human trafficking and help survivors, according to the latest report from a state commission tasked with studying the issue. The Commission on Human Trafficking Prevention and Survivor Support found enforcement hasn’t been consistent in the state, and said a regional approach would better coordinate law-enforcement efforts. The commission’s…
Editor’s Note: This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting and was originally published by Investigate Midwest. In early 2019 in Illinois, a farmworker, his wife and his son lived in a moldy house. Attempting to keep the winter cold at bay, he’d spray-foamed the windows shut. The toilet often malfunctioned. Unlike most farmworker housing,…
On the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) detailed a recent investigation alleging that the Biden administration ignored reports of labor trafficking involving thousands of migrant children and retaliated against whistleblowers. YouTube Image WASHINGTON, DC – On the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) detailed a recent investigation alleging that the Biden administration ignored reports of labor trafficking involving thousands…
News stories about the exploitation of children are particularly upsetting. They violate our most basic protective instincts. How could our society tolerate the systematic abuse of the very young? Yet recent reports on the trafficking of minors in the United States force us to confront our complicity in a grotesque injustice. The blockbuster New York…
Human trafficking includes unjust practices including recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or receiving persons through the use of force, coercion, deception, or other means for the purpose of exploiting them. This exploitation can take many forms, be it sexual exploitation, forced labor, domestic servitude, forced marriage or even extreme measures like organ removal. This crime is…
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