Story

A story is a narrative, or account, of events that happened in the past or that are being related by a narrator. Stories can be fictional or based on real events, and they can take many different forms, including written stories, oral stories, and visual stories (such as comics or movies). Stories can be used to entertain, educate, or inspire, and they are an important part of many cultures and traditions. Some common elements of a story include characters, setting, plot, and conflict.

The ‘Satanic Panic’ Is Back: How a Bygone Moral Crisis Returned With Queer Artists In Its Crosshairs
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The ‘Satanic Panic’ Is Back: How a Bygone Moral Crisis Returned With Queer Artists In Its Crosshairs

Editor’s note: this look at American culture is here for your research into “Satanic Panic.”  On Feb. 6, 2023, certain corners of the internet could not stop talking about Sam Smith and Kim Petras. The night prior (Sunday, Feb. 5), the pair took home a Grammy Award for best pop duo/group performance, marking the first-ever…

Trafficking survivors in East Asia need greater representation
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Trafficking survivors in East Asia need greater representation

The majority of people who experience modern slavery are in the Asia Pacific region, nearly 60% of the estimated 50 million according to the latest Global Estimates on Modern Slavery.  However, it is rare that trafficking survivors in this area are able to feed into the development of anti-trafficking  programmatic work and government policies. Barriers…

How a Giant Egg Farm Made Money Off Women Prisoners in Dangerous Conditions
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How a Giant Egg Farm Made Money Off Women Prisoners in Dangerous Conditions

1. Mayhem “Everybody who works at Hickman’s, get up! Pack your stuff—you’re being moved today!” Corrections officers swarmed the Santa Rosa Unit at the Perryville women’s prison in Goodyear, Arizona, barking orders and handing out trash bags for belongings. Many women were alarmed. We’re being moved to Hickman’s? How? The officers weren’t sharing a lot…

Marriott CEO on demand: People ‘were reminded how much they love to travel’
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Marriott CEO on demand: People ‘were reminded how much they love to travel’

Video transcript BRIAN SOZZI: Travel demand is officially back, despite a higher price tag. Marriott saw revenue per average room climb nearly 29% year over year in the fourth quarter and is predicting the good news will continue into this year with business and cross-border travel demand expected to carry over. Marriott President and CEO…

An activist artist explores caste discrimination and how to fight it – Los Angeles Times
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An activist artist explores caste discrimination and how to fight it – Los Angeles Times

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Tuesday, Feb. 14. I’m Suhauna Hussain, a reporter on the L.A. Times business desk. I write about issues affecting workers. I have a heavy topic to cover today: Dalit caste discrimination. Formerly known as untouchables, Dalits fall at the bottom of a centuries-old South Asian…

Sanders has roundtable discussion, signs executive order to prevent human trafficking
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Sanders has roundtable discussion, signs executive order to prevent human trafficking

Readout from the Governor’s Roundtable Discussion on Human Trafficking in Arkansas LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Following Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ roundtable discussion on human trafficking in Arkansas, Sanders’ spokeswoman Alexa Henning released the following readout: “Today, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders hosted a roundtable with business, non-profit, and public safety leaders, including Colonel Mike Hagar and Secretary Kristi Putnam,…

Is the anti-trafficking sector ready for real survivor leadership?
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Is the anti-trafficking sector ready for real survivor leadership?

“Survivor leaders are too often viewed as incapable of learning or doing effective anti-trafficking work, and they are tokenised in ways that deny them the opportunities and respect afforded to other anti-trafficking professionals,” says Chris Ash, the Survivor Leadership Program Manager at the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking.   In their powerful article for…

Global Boys Initiative: Morocco Report Launch Event 12 January 2023
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Global Boys Initiative: Morocco Report Launch Event 12 January 2023

Prioritising the urgent actions needed to support sexually exploited boys in Morocco.  Morocco—ECPAT International and AMANE launched the Morocco Boys report on 12 January in Rabat, Morocco.  As part of the Global Boys Initiative, the report examines the sexual exploitation of boys in Morocco and identifies gaps in child protection legislation and support services for…

Door of Hope plans $52.5 million ministry expansion, hotel, conference center in Pea Ridge
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Door of Hope plans $52.5 million ministry expansion, hotel, conference center in Pea Ridge

Published 12:05 pm Tuesday, February 14, 2023      Fundraiser, groundbreaking are planned MILL SPRING–Neighbors in the vicinity of 2281 Pea Ridge Rd. in Mill Spring, about a mile from the Tryon International Equestrian Center, have been seeing and hearing activity on the 152-acre property for some weeks now. In seven phases over the next 15…

Valentine’s Day and Human Trafficking: Love Weaponized for Exploitation
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Valentine’s Day and Human Trafficking: Love Weaponized for Exploitation

From zip ties to car seats to perfumed roses, there are a lot of scary rumors out there about how people get recruited into human trafficking. None of them are true – at least that is what we have learned after 15 years of operating the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline. But the reality is,…