America

America is a continent located in the western hemisphere and is made up of North America and South America. It is the third-largest continent in the world, covering an area of approximately 9.5 million square miles.

The United States of America is a country located in North America and is made up of 50 states and the District of Columbia. It is a federal constitutional republic and is one of the world’s largest and most influential nations.

It is home to a wide range of languages, ethnicities, and cultures, and it has a rich history and a complex political system. The U.S. is also home to a number of world-class educational institutions and is a leader in many areas of science, technology, and the arts.

The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles’ Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.

Exclusive: Hyundai in talks with U.S. Labor Department over Alabama child labor | Reuters
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Exclusive: Hyundai in talks with U.S. Labor Department over Alabama child labor | Reuters

NEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Hyundai Motor Co said it is in talks with the U.S. Department of Labor to resolve concerns about child workers in its U.S. supply chain, and the company is taking corrective actions after a Reuters investigation found children as young as 12 working in hazard-laden Alabama factories linked to…

Exclusive: Hyundai in talks with U.S. Labor Department over Alabama child labor
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Exclusive: Hyundai in talks with U.S. Labor Department over Alabama child labor

NEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Hyundai Motor Co said it is in talks with the U.S. Department of Labor to resolve concerns about child workers in its U.S. supply chain, and the company is taking corrective actions after a Reuters investigation found children as young as 12 working in hazard-laden Alabama factories linked to…

NFL Stars Advocate to End Abuse and Human Trafficking With It's a Penalty's Campaign
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NFL Stars Advocate to End Abuse and Human Trafficking With It's a Penalty's Campaign

Today, It’s a Penalty launched its 14th global campaign ahead of Super Bowl LVII focused on harnessing the power of sport to prevent abuse, exploitation and human trafficking. Through partnerships with Hilton Hotels, IHG Hotels & Resorts, Airbnb, Motel 6, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and many others, the 2023 Super Bowl campaign covers travel touchpoints…

Former human trafficking victim issues chilling warning: 'All kids are vulnerable' | Fox News
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Former human trafficking victim issues chilling warning: 'All kids are vulnerable' | Fox News

A former human trafficking victim issued a chilling warning about organized sex crime, cautioning every child is “vulnerable” to becoming a victim of the heinous offense. The SOAP Project founder Theresa Flores was trafficked for two years as a young girl, while she was living with her parents in a middle class Detroit suburb. She…

Fighting human trafficking
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Fighting human trafficking

Last week, I had the honor of speaking to Missourians gathered at the State Capitol for the eighth annual Human Trafficking Awareness Day. As a member of Missouri’s Statewide Council on Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children and also the Missouri Rights of Victims of Sexual Assault Task Force, which studied human trafficking as…

Truths about sex trafficking in Ohio – WTOL
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Truths about sex trafficking in Ohio – WTOL

From 2007 to 2021, The National Human Trafficking Hotline recorded 6,113 victims of human trafficking in Ohio. Mandie Knight is a survivor and this is her story. COLUMBUS, Ohio — From 2007 to 2021, The National Human Trafficking Hotline recorded 6,113 victims of human trafficking in Ohio. WTOL 11 had the chance to attend the…

Does the Super Bowl result in an increase in human trafficking? – ASU News
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Does the Super Bowl result in an increase in human trafficking? – ASU News

February 7, 2023 ASU expert, who teaches Fundamentals of Human Trafficking class, weighs in January was Human Trafficking Awareness month. The Super Bowl, which historically has been linked to an increase in sex trafficking, will be played at State Farm Stadium on Feb. 12. What better time, then, to check in with Samantha Calvin, an…

Sex Trafficking & The Super Bowl
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Sex Trafficking & The Super Bowl

The 57th Super Bowl is just around the corner, and this means that a spotlight is about to be shown on the sex trafficking problem in Glendale, Arizona. This negative spotlight is the one downside of hosting the Super Bowl and often creates a misconception that sex trafficking is only happening in that area or…

They received reparations in 2022. Did it really change their lives?
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They received reparations in 2022. Did it really change their lives?

Louis Weathers didn’t know what to think when he heard he was going to receive reparations for slavery. He had listened to people talking about reparations — people such as Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton — during the two decades he’d lived in Washington DC. But it was always couched as a demand, or an aspiration:…