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.

Human trafficking moving deeper underground: UN report
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Human trafficking moving deeper underground: UN report

The United Nations Security Council votes to adopt a resolution to renew the authorization of vessel inspection and seizure off the coast of Libya to curb migrant smuggling and human trafficking at UN Headquarters in New York, on Sept. 29, 2021. (Ariana Lindquist/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua) In addition to reducing opportunities for human traffickers to…

UN notes climate change a factor in human trafficking
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UN notes climate change a factor in human trafficking

Evidence is emerging that climate-related disasters are becoming a cause of human trafficking as criminal gangs exploit a growing number of uprooted people, the UN said Tuesday. The continuing war in Ukraine is also another risk factor for increased human trafficking, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a report. The…

Youth pastor, teacher among 46 arrested in North Texas prostitution sting
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Youth pastor, teacher among 46 arrested in North Texas prostitution sting

A youth pastor. A high school teacher and football coach. And an operations director of a large hospital network. These were among the 46 men arrested in a massive undercover prostitution sting this month in Frisco and Southlake, local and federal authorities announced. Roughly a dozen law enforcement agencies participated in the operation Jan. 12…

Human trafficking is one of the biggest crises of our time. How do we fight It?
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Human trafficking is one of the biggest crises of our time. How do we fight It?

In a speech last year announcing the release of the latest Trafficking In Persons Report, U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken cited a startling statistic: right now, nearly 25-million individuals around the world are being forced into labor or the sex trade against their will. Pause for a moment on that number: 25 million. It’s…

COVID-19 cut known human trafficking, but Ukraine war a risk: U.N.
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COVID-19 cut known human trafficking, but Ukraine war a risk: U.N.

VIENNA (Reuters) – The COVID-19 pandemic led to the first drop in the known number of human-trafficking victims in 20 years as trafficking opportunities and policing were reduced, but the Ukraine war has probably now caused a new surge, a U.N. report said on Tuesday. The number of detected trafficking victims fell 11% in 2020,…

John Brown’s Subterranean Pass-Way
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John Brown’s Subterranean Pass-Way

Read FERGUS M. BORDEWICH’s original post, from January 14th, 2006. JOHN BROWN believed that God himself had ordained him to bring an end to slavery. Achieving his goal hinged on a radical and deeply secret scheme: the establishment of an “Underground Pass-Way” that would extend the Underground Railroad more than a thousand miles southward through…

Canada Leads World in Organ Donations from Euthanasia
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Canada Leads World in Organ Donations from Euthanasia

Vancouver, canada — A study published in the December 2022 issue of the American Journal of Transplantation finds Canada leading the world in harvesting organs from those who received medical assistance in dying. The study found that in Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain, a total of 286 people who sought euthanasia provided organs to save…

Manuel Esteban Paez Teran: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
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Manuel Esteban Paez Teran: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Atlanta Community Press Collective Twitter Manuel Esteban Paez Teran Manuel Esteban Teran was an activist who was shot and killed by authorities in South River Forest on January 18, 2023, after being accused of shooting a Georgia state trooper at the site of the future Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. “The man who died in…

Stop human trafficking by fixing border, raising public awareness
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Stop human trafficking by fixing border, raising public awareness

Addressing the wickedness of slavery in 1850, the great American abolitionist Frederick Douglass said the practice “violates the great law of liberty, written on every human heart.” Further, he said, it “contravenes the laws of eternal justice, and tramples in the dust all the humane and heavenly precepts of the New Testament.” In 1865, America…

Art exhibit marks Human Trafficking Awareness Month
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Art exhibit marks Human Trafficking Awareness Month

Jason Page, a pastor and filmmaker, collaborated with a local artist to create an art exhibit to mark Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Art at the Cave in Vancouver hosted the exhibition, which was titled “The Most Unlikely.” It features paintings and art installations, artifacts, film, guest speakers, music and more. The paintings each represent a…